creativity is more unevenly distributed than productivity, technical progress always increases inequality. Redistribution from …

create a “simulated tax redistribution index”, which captures the mechanical impact of the changes in tax policy on the gini … coefficient, but is exogenous to any behavioral response. Analyzing the effect of this redistribution index on inequality, I find … process further, I create a new class of tax redistribution measures, based on the S-Gini, which differentially weight effects …

If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledge-intensive activities and … reduction reduces statis inefficiency. On the other hand, standard redistribution also reduces the level of R&D because it … that standard redistribution always dominates limitations to IPRs. …

and benefits of redistribution through taxes, land reform or public schooling: such policies simultaneously depress …

) A redistribution of income from rich to poor (by means of progressive taxation) leads to higher employment and such a … redistribution is Pareto-improving. (iv) An exogenous increase in (minimum) real wages have a cost effect (that lets firms reduce …