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Global Trends in Income Inequality and Income Dynamics : New Insights from GRID
Guvenen, Fatih; Pistaferri, Luigi; Violante, Giovanni L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The Global Repository of Income Dynamics (GRID) is a new open-access, cross- country database that contains a wide range of micro statistics on income inequality, dynamics, and mobility. It has four key characteristics: it is built on micro panel data drawn from administrative records; it fully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388880
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Optimal Income Redistribution When Individual Welfare Depends Upon Relative Income
Boskin, Michael J. - 1976
The purpose of the present note is to explore the structure of optimal income taxation/redistribution in an economy …, of course, an additional incentive for income redistribution from wealthy to poor citizens is created and the logical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012478985
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The Insurance Value of State Tax-and-Transfer Programs
Hoynes, Hilary W. - 2010
This paper estimates the total value that individuals derive from their state's tax-and-transfer program, and shows how this value varies by income. The paper decomposes this total value into two components: redistributive value, which is due to predictable changes in income (and family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462377
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Redistribution through Education and Other Transfer Mechanisms
Hanushek, Eric - 2001
attendance, labor supply, wage determination, and aggregate production, which is used to compare alternative redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470128
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Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials
Kerr, William R. - 2011
-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve …-led redistribution to the poor. These patterns suggest that short-run inequality shocks can be reinforced in the labor market but do not … result in weaker political preferences for redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460956
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Were Trade and Factor Mobility Substitutes in History?
Collins, William J. - 1997
Trade theorists have come to understand that their theory is ambiguous on the question: Are trade and factor flows substitutes? While this sounds like an open invitation for empirical research, hardly any serious econometric work has appeared in the literature. This paper uses history to fill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472755
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Generating Equality and Eliminating Poverty, The Swedish Way
Bjorklund, Anders - 1994
Sweden has a remarkable record in reducing inequality and virtually eliminating poverty. This paper shows that: 1 …) Sweden achieved its egalitarian income distribution and eliminated poverty largely because of its system of earnings and … Sweden is distinguished by a relatively egalitarian distribution of hours of work among those employed, which may be an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473954
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Means-tested transfer programs in the United States
Moffitt, Robert A. (contributor); Moffitt, Robert A. (ed.) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001720270
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Money or Power? Financial Infrastructure and Optimal Policy
Berkouwer, Susanna B.; Biscaye, Pierre E.; Hsu, Eric; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
In response to the Covid-19 crisis, 186 countries implemented direct cash transfers to households, and 181 introduced in-kind programs that lowered the cost of utilities such as electricity, water, transport, and mobile money. Do cash or in-kind transfers generate greater welfare improvements?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599376
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From Paper to Plastic : Understanding the Impact of eWIC on WIC Recipient Behavior
Hanks, Andrew S. - 2018
Evidence shows that the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is underutilized. WIC enrolls only sixty percent of eligible persons. Participants claim only a fraction of available benefits. Researchers suggest that people underutilize WIC because of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480783