social welfare measure to evaluate four hypothetical earnings tax reforms for Belgian singles. The degree of compensation for …

, unemployment, and wages. We find that the REBP led to a tremendous increase in unemployment, which was due to both an increase in … there were also non-negligible effects of extended benefits on the level and the distribution of wages. …

, escalating income inequality. Policy simulations indicate government support measures mitigated wage income reduction and … unemployment rise, yet they contributed to income inequality under certain conditions. These results provide insight into the …

We investigate how income inequality affects social welfare in a model of voluntary contributions to multiple pure … voluntarily supplied public goods; specifically, we show that not only an income inequality-raising redistribution policy but also … allowed, an inequality-raising redistribution policy is no longer effective and leaves social welfare unchanged. …

When measuring income inequality over long periods of time, accounting for population and productivity growth is … that the U-shaped inequality trend over the past century holds up, but with important qualifications. Using measures that …-term income inequality trends. …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy …

-skilled workers imply a trade-off between employment and wages in the low- and medium-skilled group, due to the increase in the skill …

knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a "Solovian zone" where wages increase with … creativity is more unevenly distributed than productivity, technical progress always increases inequality. Redistribution from … their bliss point can only be made better-off by an increase in diversity. If wages are set by monopoly unions rather than …