This paper examines the implications of income redistribution on human capital accumulation and income inequality … intellectual ability. It is shown that the impact of redistribution is ambiguous on the income distribution as well as on human … equity in low-tax societies, it may be highly detrimental in both respects if the rate of redistribution is already moderate …

, that increases in the rate of interregional redistribution need not generate neither reduced interregional inequality nor … particular, interregional redistribution seems most likely to be beneficial in terms of interregional and interpersonal equity as …. -- interregional redistribution ; welfare ; inequality …

Guided by a simple theory of task assignment and time allocation, we investigate the long run response to national … differences in tax rates on labor income, payrolls and consumption. The theory implies that higher tax rates reduce work time in …