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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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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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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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Parents' Desire to Make Equal Inter Vivos Transfers

Thoresen, Thor O. - 2008

This study argues that parents have a desire for dividing equally between their children, and that this motive applies to transfers of gifts inter vivos. We suggest that the equal division motive competes with traditional altruism: support to the child or the children with greatest needs. When...

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Anti-Discrimination Legislation and the Efficiency-Enhancing Role of Mandatory Parental Leave

Bastani, Spencer - 2016

We study a setting where anti-discrimination legislation gives rise to adverse selection in the labor market. Firms rely on nonlinear compensation contracts to screen workers who differ in their family/career orientation. This results in a labor market equilibrium where career-oriented workers...

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Public Provision, Commodity Demand and Hours of Work : An Empirical Analysis

Pirttila, Jukka - 2010

Atkinson and Stiglitz (Journal of Public Economics 1976) show that when the government has access to non-linear income taxation and consumer preferences are separable between consumption and leisure, there is no need for differentiated commodity taxation. This paper examines the empirical...

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