Income mobility is often thought to equalize permanent incomes and thereby to improve social welfare. The welfare … comparative) impact of mobility and of the tax system (another presumed income equalizer) on the dynamics of income across time … and on the inequality of income across individuals. Using panel data, we find that Canada’s tax system limits …

distribution of net income and the greater the progressivity index. For an additive social welfare function and a progressive tax … between inequality of gross income and tax progressivity. A by-product is the derivation of a general class of inequality …

distances from the median. Illustrations using Luxembourg Income Study data show that several countries can be ranked by such …

Income mobility is often thought to equalize permanent incomes and thereby to improve social welfare. The welfare …) impact of mobility and the tax system (another presumed income equalizer) on the dynamics of income across time and on the … inequality of income across individuals. Using panel data, we find that Canada’s tax system limits significantly the …