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Does Size Matter? The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - CESifo - 2010
Income inequality in Germany has been continuously increasing during the past 20 years. In general, this is understood … as an increase in inequality of wages due to changes in bargaining power of employees. However, the role of changing … paper is to quantify the proportion of changing household structures in the increase in inequality. We find that the rise in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727303
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Well-being Inequality and Reference Groups - An Agenda for New Research
Praag, Bernard M.S. Van - CESifo - 2010
It is argued that the concept of well –being inequality cannot be properly defined without taking the referencing … happiness inequality in happiness studies.We plead for an extension of the present happiness paradigm by setting up a new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533999
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Increases in Risk and the Welfare State
Eichner, Thomas; Wagener, Andreas - CESifo - 2002
According to many observers, the world is currently getting riskier along many of its dimensions. In this paper we analyse how the welfare state, i.e., social insurance that works through redistributive taxation, should deal with this trend. We distinguish between risks that can be insured by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766063
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Contracts and Inequity Aversion
Englmaier, Florian; Wambach, Achim - CESifo - 2002
Using the concept of Inequity Aversion we derive in a Moral Hazard setting several results which differ from conventional contract theory. Our three key insights are: First, inequity aversion plays a crucial role in the design of optimal contracts. Second, there is a strong tendency towards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766116
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Preferences for Redistribution and Pensions. What can we Learn from Experiments?
Tausch, Franziska; Potters, Jan; Riedl, Arno - CESifo - 2010
Redistribution is an inevitable feature of collective pension schemes. Nevertheless, it is still an open question what people’s preferences are regarding this form of redistribution. This paper reviews experimental evidence on preferences regarding redistribution and asks what this evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008498990
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The Optimal Babel - An Economic Framework for the Analysis of Dynamic Language Rights
Wickström, Bengt-Arne - CESifo - 2010
We analyze various normatively determined distributions of language rights in multilingual settings. A general model for the analysis of language rights over time in a model with overlapping generations is set up. This model is then first used to find efficient allocations of rights in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572524
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A Comparison of Optimal Tax Policies when Compensation or Responsibility Matter
Jacquet, Laurence; gaer, Dirk Van de - CESifo - 2010
equality of opportunity criteria push the second-best policy away from an Earned Income Tax Credit and in the direction of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572547
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Sustainability and Discounted Utilitarianism in Models of Economic Growth
Asheim, Geir B.; Mitra, Tapan - CESifo - 2009
Discounted utilitarianism treats generations unequally and leads to seemingly unappealing consequences in some models of economic growth. Instead, this paper presents and applies sustainable discounted utilitarianism (SDU). SDU respects the interests of future generations and resolves...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181313
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Leaky Bucket in the Real World: Estimating Inequality Aversion Using Survey Data
Pirttilä, Jukka; Uusitalo, Roope - CESifo - 2007
Existing evidence of inequality aversion relies on data from class-room experiments where subjects face hypothetical … questions. This paper estimates the magnitude of inequality aversion using representative survey data, with questions related to … the real-economy situations the respondents face. The results reveal that the magnitude of inequality aversion can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094321
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Surviving the Titanic Disaster: Economic, Natural and Social Determinants
Frey, Bruno S.; Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - CESifo - 2009
The sinking of the Titanic in April 1912 took the lives of 68 percent of the people aboard. Who survived? It was women and children who had a higher probability of being saved, not men. Likewise, people traveling in first class had a better chance of survival than those in second and third...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196272