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Rising Food Prices and Household Welfare: Evidence from Brazil in 2008

Ferreira, Francisco H.G.; Fruttero, Anna; Leite, Phillippe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Food price inflation in Brazil in the twelve months to June 2008 was 18 percent, while overall inflation was 5 … estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a … afforded by increases in two large social assistance benefits, the overall impact of higher food prices in Brazil was U …

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The Paradox of Redistribution Revisited: And That It May Rest in Peace?

Marx, Ive; Salanauskaite, Lina; Verbist, Gerlinde - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

There is a long-standing controversy over the question of whether targeting social transfers towards the bottom part of the income distribution actually enhances or weakens their redistributive impact. Korpi and Palme have influentially claimed that "the more we target benefits at the poor, the...

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Income Inequality, Mobility, and the Welfare State: A Political Economy Model

Bossi, Luca; Gumus, Gulcin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

In this paper, we set up a three-period stochastic overlapping generations model to analyze the implications of income inequality and mobility for demand for redistribution and social insurance. We model the size of two different public programs under the welfare state. We investigate...

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Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1978-2009: A Decomposition Approach

Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Immervoll, Herwig; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method that allows us to disentangle mechanical effects due to changes in pre-tax incomes from direct effects of policy reforms. While tax reforms implemented under Democrat administrations, in...

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Analysing the Effects of Tax-Benefit Reforms on Income Distribution: A Decomposition Approach

Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

To assess the impact of tax-benefit policy changes on income distribution over time, we suggest a methodology based on counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the tax-benefit structure (rules, rates, etc.),...

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Anatomy of Policy Complementarities

Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

The analysis provides a new explanation for two widespread problems concerning European unemployment policy: the disappointingly small effect of many past reform measures on unemployment, and the political difficulties in implementing more extensive reform programs. We argue that the heart of...

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The Distributional Effects of Tax-Benefit Policies under New Labour: A Shapley Decomposition

Bargain, Olivier - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Using counterfactual microsimulations, Shapley decompositions of time change in inequality and poverty indices make it possible to disentangle and quantify the relative effect of tax-benefit policy changes, compared to all other effects including shifts in the distribution of market income....

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Back to the Future: Decomposition Analysis of Distributive Policies Using Behavioural Simulations

Bargain, Olivier - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

For policy makers and analysts, it is important to isolate the redistributive impact of tax-benefit policy changes from changes in the environment in which policies operate. When actual reforms are motivated by work incentives, it is also crucial to evaluate behavioural responses and the...

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Changes in Income Distributions and the Role of Tax-Benefit Policy During the Great Recession: An International Perspective

Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Keane, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely France, Germany, the UK and Ireland, and the contribution of tax and benefit policy changes. The period examined, 2008 to 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear...

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Partisan Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1979-2007

Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Immervoll, Herwig; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method that allows us to disentangle the direct policy effect from the effect of changing market incomes. Over the whole period 1979-2007 the cumulative tax policy effect aggravated income inequality...

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