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War and Endogenous Democracy
Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
an oligarchy adopting a mass-army may voluntarily decide to promise some amount of income redistribution to its citizens …-compatible redistribution, they may cope with the moral hazard problem of the citizens-soldiers only by relinquishing political power to them … through the extension of franchise. This is because democracy always implements a highly redistributive fiscal policy, which …
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Why Populist Democracy Promotes Market Liberalization
Grosjean, Pauline; Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Using a new set of micro evidence from an original survey of 28 transition countries, we show that democracy increases … citizens’ support for the market by guaranteeing income redistribution to inequality-averse agents. Our identification strategy … reformist parties in the former socialist block lies in a deepening of democracy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822609
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279291
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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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