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In the Eye of the Beholder: Subjective Inequality Measures and the Demand for Redistribution

Kuhn, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

occupational wage inequality and their demand for redistribution. Most importantly, the framework explicitly allows for the … perceptions of how wages are determined in reality all simultaneously influence the demand for redistribution. Finally, I show … that subjective inequality measures and the demand for redistribution are substantially significant predictors of both …

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Ist Deutschland wirklich so progressiv? Einkommensumverteilung im europäischen Vergleich

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Siegloch, Sebastian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Deutschland wird im europäischen Vergleich häufig ein überdurchschnittlich progressives Steuersystem attestiert. Die einzigartige, mehrstufige Progressionsformel der Einkommensteuer trägt ohne Zweifel zu dieser Sichtweise bei. Um ein umfassendes Bild der Progressivität eines Gesamtsystems...

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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

fact become a very weak one. For what it matters, targeting tends to be associated with higher levels of redistribution …

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Human Capital Mobility: Implications for Efficiency, Income Distribution, and Policy

Wildasin, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Mobility of highly-skilled workers affects and is affected by labor market conditions, taxes, and other policies. This paper documents the demographic and fiscal importance of international migration, especially in aging societies, reviews the efficiency and distributional effects of mobility,...

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Comparing Inequality Aversion across Countries When Labor Supply Responses Differ

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

margins for 17 EU countries and the US. Using the same data, inequality aversion is measured as the degree of redistribution …

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Deserving Poor and the Desirability of a Minimum Wage

Blumkin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper provides a novel justification for using a minimum wage to supplement an optimal tax-and-transfer system. We demonstrate that if labor supply decisions are concentrated along the intensive margin and employment is efficiently rationed, a minimum wage can be socially beneficial by...

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Equality under Threat by the Talented: Evidence from Worker-Managed Firms

Burdín, Gabriel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Are high-ability individuals more likely to quit egalitarian regimes? Does the threat of exit by talented individuals restrict the redistributive capacity of democratic organizations? This paper revisits that long-standing debate by analyzing the interplay between compensation structure and quit...

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The Impact of Redistributive Policies on Inequality in OECD Countries

Doerrenberg, Philipp; Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

intervention and redistribution. Due to obvious behavioral effects caused by redistribution, it is however not clear whether …

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Preferences for Childcare Policies: Theory and Evidence

Borck, Rainald; Wrohlich, Katharina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We analyse preferences for public, private or mixed provision of childcare theoretically and empirically. We model childcare as a publicly provided private good. Richer households should prefer private provision to either pure public or mixed provision. If public provision redistributes from...

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Who Compares to Whom? The Anatomy of Income Comparisons in Europe

Clark, Andrew E.; Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

redistribution. The rich compare less and are more happy than average when they do, which latter is consistent with relative income …

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