This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic … voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory concentrates on lump-sum voluntary transfers, individual or collective … altruistic transfers by Pareto-efficient public redistribution. The chapter is organized as follows. Section 2 presents an …

also who moves up and down the income ladder over time. While income inequality has increased in most OECD countries, in … progressive taxation has also reduced the top 1 per cent’s share of disposable income. This paper finds that income inequality … to greater income inequality but also higher upward income mobility. Indeed, the analysis in the paper shows upward …

public debt under control; ii) reduce inequality by increasing the redistributive effect of taxation; iii) promote …

The effects of personal income tax changes are usually analyzed by comparing the inequality of income distributions …

framework, using the Theil indicator, all available information on inequality trends between agricultural and nonagricultural … sectors and on inequality trends within each sector in European countries. Finally Section 3 throws light on the political and …

This paper analyses income inequality in Ireland using a new panel dataset based on the administrative tax records of … the Revenue Commissioners for Ireland. High inequality at market incomes in Ireland by international standards appears to …

rates. However, the economy is now slowing at a time when inequality remains very high, making future social progress …. First, it argues that Chile needs to increase income redistribution through its tax and transfer system towards levels … should be less disparate, as they explain around 70% of income inequality. This should be done by updating labour legislation …

, this inequality-reducing effect was almost exactly offset by changes in the relative positions of individuals and the … overall reduction in cross-sectional inequality was merely modest. …