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Mobility of highly-skilled workers affects and is affected by labor market conditions, taxes, and other policies. This paper documents the demographic and fiscal importance of international migration, especially in aging societies, reviews the efficiency and distributional effects of mobility,...
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. Fiscal competition is associated with less income redistribution and a less equal distribution of disposable incomes, but …
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and the extent of redistribution in democratic regimes - though such a link does not exist when objective measures of …
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terrorism to voice dissent and achieve a redistribution of wealth. Furthermore, we provide evidence of an indirect effect of …
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We examine whether and to what extent political institutions explain different performances in income redistribution … across countries. In particular, we first review available sources of data and measures of income redistribution, discussing … explanations of redistribution from resources and instruments, as well as supply side factors. We then provide empirical evidence …
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the relationship between income redistribution (measured by the ratio of the income distribution resulting from market … processes and the income distribution after redistribution) and ethno-linguistic fractionalization. We find that the impact of … ethno-linguistic fractionalization on income redistribution is conditional on the level of economic freedom: countries that …
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This paper analyzes long run outcomes resulting from adopting a binding minimum wage in a neoclassical model with perfectly competitive labour markets and capital accumulation. The model distinguishes between workers of heterogeneous ability and capitalists who do all the saving, and it entails...
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The relationship between inequality and redistribution is usually studied under the assumption that the government …
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In many OECD countries income inequality has risen, but surprisingly redistribution as well. The theory attributes this …
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This paper examines the effects of a unilateral reform of the redistribution policy in an economy open to international …-reforming trading partner, the unilateral redistribution policy reform resembles a unilateral increase in trade costs leading to a …
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