This paper analyses income inequality in Ireland using a new panel dataset based on the administrative tax records of … deterioration of the labour market. The data confirms that the tax system is highly progressive at the high end of income … function in the tax and benefit system was enhanced during the last decade, not only because more income support was …

income redistribution and employment creation. In particular, the introduction of both a guaranteed annual income (basic … income) and an employment subsidy are examined, and these policies are compared to a straightforward tax cut for (unskilled …) labour. All initiatives are financed by a tax on capital. In the open-economy setting, capital is perfectly mobile, so there …

We show that the effectiveness of redistribution policy in stimulating the economy and improving welfare is directly … regime counteract the deflationary forces during the recession. Moreover, redistribution produces a Pareto improvement under …

growth enhancing tax and expenditure reform. We quantitatively illustrate that this reform based strategy, by … yet avoids increasing tax rates. With slow consolidation, marginal tax rates are reduced right from the beginning. …

The present study provides estimates of the Effective Marginal Tax Rates (EMTRs) for a sample of 17 OECD countries and …-country/cross-sector approach allows us comparing the incentives provided by the tax systems and gauging the effects of tax changes taking … explicitly into account the possible substitution between factors as well as their tax incidence. Our results suggest that the …

This paper investigates the factors that shape governments’ capacity to collect revenue. To do so, it analyses how tax … revenue responds to tax rates using evidence from a panel of 34 OECD countries over 1978-2014. The estimations show that the … response of revenue to rates weakens as rates become higher, confirming the existence of a hump-shaped relationship between tax …

-level approach. We combine a microsimulation model with labour market transition techniques to simulate the COVID-19 shock on the …

. This review examines ways forward for policy on several fronts: indirect taxation; household income tax and social benefits …Ensuring tax and transfer systems bring sufficient revenue to reach macroeconomic fiscal targets, address societal … goals in re-distribution and social welfare, recognise the influence taxation has on businesses’ competitiveness and …

We assess the concentration and duration of zero tax liabilities and of transfer receipts, using data for households … concentrated. Nearly 68% owe no federal tax in at least one year, approximately 78% receive some type of transfer in at least one … tax in any given year, 18% pay tax the following year, and 39% contribute within five years. Of those who receive …

. First, it argues that Chile needs to increase income redistribution through its tax and transfer system towards levels …