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The global joint distribution of income and health

Wu, Ximing; Savvides, Andreas; Stengos, Thanasis - 2008

unimodal one, the evolution of the health distribution has preceded that of income, global inequality and poverty has decreased …, global inequality and poverty would be substantially underestimated if the dependence between the income and health … indicates that global inequality would be underestimated if within-country inequality is not taken into account. Moreover …

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Temporary migration policies and welfare of the host and source countries : a game-theoretic approach

Djajić, Slobodan; Michael, Michael S. - 2009

This paper examines the interaction between migration policies of the host and source countries in the context of a model of guest-worker migration. For the host, the objective is to provide low-cost labor for its employers while avoiding illegal immigration. It optimizes over these objectives...

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Optimal Taxation, Child Care and Models of the Household

Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2014

This paper presents the properties of optimal piecewise linear tax systems for two-earner households, based on joint and individual incomes respectively. A key contribution is the analysis of the interaction between second earner wage differences, variation in the price of child care and...

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The distributional consequences of supply-side reforms in general equilibrium

Angelopoulos, Konstantinos; Fernandez, Bernardo X.; … - 2011

can thus increase inequality in the long-run. Depending on the elasticity of substitution between capital and unskilled … show that including the transition period in the welfare evaluation lowers the inequality effects of capital tax reduc …

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Does Information about Inequality and Discrimination in Early Child Care Affect Policy Preferences?

Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - 2024

We investigate public preferences for equity-enhancing policies in access to early child care, using a survey experiment with a representative sample of the German population (n ≈ 4,800). We observe strong misperceptions about migrant-native inequalities in early child care that vary by...

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Optimal Taxation and the Household

Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2016

. The main reason for this is the inequity created by income splitting in the presence of a high degree of inequality in the …

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Discrimination on the Child Care Market: A Nationwide Field Experiment

Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - 2023

We provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child care. We send emails from fictitious parents to 18, 000 early child care centers across Germany, asking if there is a slot available and how to apply. Randomly varying names to signal migration background, we...

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