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Poverty and disability among elderly in India: evidences from household survey
Pandey, Manoj K. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The paper examines the causal relationship between disability and poverty among Indian elderly. Using different poverty … measures and statistical tests, the paper also attempts to analyze the depth of poverty among disabled elderly. A special round … relationship between poverty and disability. Further, our analysis suggests for higher level of poverty and income inequality among …
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Effective Labor Taxation and the International Location of Headquarters
Egger, Peter H. - 2012
Profit taxes are widely acknowledged to influence the location of firms' headquarters. This paper sheds light on the role of aspects of labor taxation for the international location of headquarters. While profit taxes can be avoided in various ways, it is much harder for firms to manipulate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106126
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Globalisation and the Mix of Wage and Profit Taxes
Haufler, Andreas - 2006
This paper analyses the development of the ratio of corporate taxes to wage taxes using a simple political economy model with internationally mobile and immobile firms. Among other results, our model predicts that countries reduce their corporate tax rate, relative to the wage tax, either when...
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Effective Corporate Taxation, Tax Incidence and Tax Reforms : Evidence from OECD Countries
Barrios, Salvador - 2014
The present study provides estimates of the Effective Marginal Tax Rates (EMTRs) for a sample of 17 OECD countries and 11 manufacturing sectors in a single framework encompassing capital, labour and energy taxes. Our cross-country/cross-sector approach allows us comparing the incentives provided...
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Is human development multidimensional?
French, Declan; Moore, Michael J.; Canning, David - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 25 (2013) 4, pp. 445-455
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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
Sacks, Daniel W. - 2011
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...
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Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress
Stevenson, Betsey - 2013
Progress in closing differences in many objective outcomes for blacks relative to whites has slowed, and even worsened, over the past three decades. However, over this period the racial gap in well-being has shrunk. In the early 1970s data revealed much lower levels of subjective well‐being...
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Reference Income Effects in the Determination of Equivalence Scales Using Income Satisfaction Data
Borah, Melanie - 2016
We estimate household equivalence scales using income satisfaction data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. We extend previous studies applying this approach by taking reference income into account. This allows separating needs-based from reference effects in the determination of income...
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Externality-Correcting Taxes and Regulation
Christiansen, Vidar - 2009
Much of the literature on externalities has considered taxes and direct regulation as alternative policy instruments. Both instruments may in practice be imperfect, reflecting informational deficiencies and other limitations. We analyse the use of taxes and regulation in combination, to control...
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Raising Taxes through Equalization
Smart, Michael - 2007
A simple theory suggests that a common form of federal horizontal equalization grants should cause subnational governments to levy higher tax rates, distorting local tax bases and so increasing federal transfers. To test this, I examine Canadian provincial tax policies in the 1972-2002 period....
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