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Unintended consequences : can the rise of the educated class explain the revival of protectionism?
Giordani, Paolo; Mariani, Fabio - 2020
extent of redistribution. In this setting, trade liberalization is politically viable as long as the losers from trade are … may be limited political support for redistribution, and those who are left behind by globalization - namely unskilled … - by favoring the ascent of the educated class and thus eroding the political support for redistribution - may ultimately …
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Unemployment dynamics and the cost of business cycles
Hairault, Jean-Olivier (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper, we investigate whether business cycles can imply sizable effects on average unemployment. First, using a reduced-form model of the labor market, we show that job finding rate fluctuations generate intrinsically a non-linear effect on unemployment: positive shocks reduce...
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Preferences for redistribution
Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola - 2009
This paper discusses what determines the preferences of individuals for redistribution. We review the theoretical … tolerance for inequality. -- Preferences for redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824787
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Unemployment benefits or taxes : how should policy makers redistribute income over the business cycle?
Ek, Susanne - 2012
This paper studies optimal unemployment benefit levels and optimal proportional income tax rates over the business cycle. Previous research suggests that policy makers should make unemployment insurance (UI) dependent on the business cycle because the UI system can be used to smooth consumption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530147
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Migration elasticities, fiscal federalism and the ability of states to redistribute income
Giertz, Seth H.; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2012
This paper develops a simulation model in order to examine the effectiveness of state attempts at redistribution under …-level redistribution are substantial, but state action may still be preferred to a federal policy that is at odds with preferences of a … state pursuing additional redistribution, but not a cost at the national level. -- fiscal federalism ; income redistribution …
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Annual redistribution and lifetime redistribution
Fukushige, Mototsugu - In: Economics letters 52 (1996) 3, pp. 269-273
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A fresh look at fiscal redistribution and inequality in the US across electoral cycles
Sala, Hector - 2018
which this ratio increases coincide with those in which Democrats rule the government and there is more redistribution from … the power are characterized by a fall in the ratio and less redistribution from the rich to the rest of the population …
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Dissecting inequality-averse preferences
Bergolo, Marcelo; Burdín, Gabriel; Burone, Santiago; … - 2021
Although different approaches and methods have been used to measure inequality aversion, there remains no consensus about its drivers at the individual level. We conducted an experiment on a sample of more than 1800 first-year undergraduate economics and business students in Uruguay to...
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The welfare cost of inflation in Canada and the United states
Serletis, Apostolos; Yavari, Kazem - In: Economics letters 84 (2004) 2, pp. 199-204
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Why praise inequality? : public good provision, income distribution and social welfare
Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2009
redistribution from the rich to the poor will improve social welfare, regardless of how small inequality is in the status quo …
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