revenues and increase inequality, by reducing the progressivity of the personal tax system. A proposed reform package that …-wage earners would make inroads into poverty and inequality while encouraging formal work. This paper accompanies and extends the …

In recent years, policymaking in China has put increasing emphasis on stemming the growth in inequality, which had been … and fees. Welfare assistance has also evolved: a minimum living allowance has been introduced in urban and more recently … of other social benefits. A set of new indicators of nationwide inequality, based on household survey data, suggests that …

This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic … analysis in the last forty years or so. The central object of the theory is altruistic gift-giving, construed as benevolent … voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory concentrates on lump-sum voluntary transfers, individual or collective …