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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279291
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Social Spending Generosity and Income Inequality: A Dynamic Panel Approach
Niehues, Judith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper explores if more generous social spending polices in fact lead to less income inequality, or if redistributive outcomes are offset by behavioral disincentive effects. To account for the inherent endogeneity of social policies with regard to inequality levels, I apply the System GMM...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564705
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The Redistributive Effects of Tax Benefit Systems in the Enlarged EU
Fuest, Clemens; Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
different normative focus of the two approaches and show that benefits have other aims than redistribution. Finally, our country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527296
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Is a Flat Tax Feasible in a Grown-up Welfare State?
Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas; Schaefer, Thilo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The success of the flat rate tax in Eastern Europe suggests that this concept could also be a model for the welfare states of Western Europe. The present paper uses a simulation model to analyse the effects of revenue neutral flat rate tax reforms on equity and efficiency for the case of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822885
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UK Households' Carbon Footprint: A Comparison of the Association between Household Characteristics and Emissions from Home Energy, Transport and Other Goods and Services
Buchs, Milena; Schnepf, Sylke V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Does the association between household characteristics and household CO2 emissions differ for different areas such as home energy, transport, indirect and total emissions in the UK? Specific types of households might be more likely to have high emissions in some areas than in others and thus be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959530
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Taxes and Benefits: Two Distinct Options to Cheat on the State?
Halla, Martin; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
While there is an extensive literature on tax evasion a further aspect of cheating on the state, namely benefit fraud, has gained relatively modest attention in the economic literature. This paper seeks to fill this gap. We explore differences between benefit fraud and tax evasion due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822596
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A Guide to the Political Economy of Reforming Energy Subsidies
Commander, Simon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Energy subsidies are used widely. Although adverse from an efficiency perspective, subsidies confer private benefits on … overcoming the barriers to reform. The starting point is to look at the motives lying behind the adoption of energy subsidies … then looks at the characteristics of countries that use energy subsidies. Countries with weak institutions – often non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884377
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A Note on the Redistributive Effect of Immigration
Euwals, Rob; Roodenburg, Hans - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
In this paper, we study gains and losses that accrue to natives because of immigration. The gain on the aggregated level is called the ‘immigration surplus’, which can be seen as analogous to a consumer surplus. We derive changes in the earnings of native owners of production factors by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822402
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Nominal or Real? The Impact of Regional Price Levels on Satisfaction with Life
Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We study the effect of real versus nominal income on life satisfaction. According to economic theory real income, i.e., nominal income adjusted for purchasing power, should be the relevant source of life satisfaction. Previous work, however, has only studied the impact of nominal income. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010638877
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Equity and Equality
Duclos, Jean-Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Is horizontal equity (HE) the "most widely accepted principle of equity"? Or does it stand in "opposition to the advancement of human welfare"? This paper argues that the case for the HE principle is not as straightforward as is usually thought and that it requires advanced notions of justice...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566806