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Lifestyle Taxes in the Presence of Profit Shifting

Levaggi, Rosella - 2020

lifestyle taxes may exist. In general, the First Best sin tax cannot be levied if Governments are also interested in corporate … harder to impose significant lifestyle taxes. We also provide some insights about the effects that the international effort … to fight profit shifting may have on lifestyle taxes …

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Ethnic enclaves and welfare cultures : quasi-experimental evidence

Åslund, Olof; Fredriksson, Peter - 2005

We examine peer effects in welfare use among immigrants to Sweden by exploiting a governmental refugee placement policy. We distinguish between the quantity of contacts? the number of individuals of the same ethnicity?and the quality of contacts – welfare use among members of the ethnic group....

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Assessing the maintenance of savings sufficiency over the first decade of retirement

Haveman, Robert; Holden, Karen; Wolfe, Barbara; … - 2005

The adequacy of retirement savings is central to the U.S. debate over the effects of Social Security reform and pension changes that would place greater responsibility on individuals for accumulation of retirement resources. We contribute to this discussion by examining the extent to which...

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African-American and white inequality in the American South: evidence from the 19th Century Missouri state prison

Carson, Scott Alan - 2007

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in economic history. Moreover, a number of core findings in the literature are widely agreed upon. There are still some populations, places, and times, however, for which anthropometric evidence remains thin. One...

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Economic growth and subjective well-being: reassessing the Easterlin paradox

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2008

The Easterlin paradox" suggests that there is no link between a society's economic development and its average level of happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a broader array of countries, we establish a clear positive...

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African-American and white living standards in the 19th century American South : a biological comparison

Carson, Scott Alan - 2006

By using a new source of 19th century Texas state prison records, the present study contrasts the biological living conditions of comparable blacks and whites in the American South between the Civil War and Reconstruction. White stature exceeded black stature. Between 1850 and 1870, black...

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Geography and insolation in 19th century US African-American and white statures

Carson, Scott Alan - 2008

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic literature. Moreover, while much is known about 19th century black legal and material conditions, less is known about how 19th century institutional arrangements were related to black stature....

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Geography, insolation, and institutional change in 19th century African-American and white stature in southern states

Carson, Scott Alan - 2008

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic literature. While much is known about 19th century black legal and material conditions, less is known about how 19th century biological conditions were related to the physical environment and...

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Demographic, residential, and socioeconomic effects on the distribution of 19th century African-American stature

Carson, Scott Alan - 2008

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in the economic literature, and heights are related with vitamin D. Although African-Americans and whites have the genetic ability to reach similar terminal statures, 19th century blacks were consistently shorter...

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Nineteenth century black and white US statures: the primary sources of vitamin D and their relationship with height

Carson, Scott Alan - 2008

Vitamin D is vital in all vertebrates because it allows them to absorb more calcium from their diets, contributing to stronger skeletal systems and stature growth. Using a new source of 19th century US state prison records, this study contrasts the statures of comparable African-Americans and...

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