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Income taxes, property values and migration
Glazer, Amihai (contributor); Kanniainen, Vesa (contributor) - 2005
We consider taxation by a utilitarian government in the presence of heterogeneous locations within a country. We show that a utilitarian government never equalizes after-tax incomes, even when it can impose group-specific lump-sum taxes. If migration is impossible, a utilitarian government may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003227212
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Measurement of globalization and its variations among countries, regions and over time
Bhandari, Amit Kumar (contributor);  … - 2005
The process of globalization is an international economic order which has led to the progressive integration of the … technological innovation also provides impetus to the progressive integration of the nations. The elements of globalization include … economic benefits, globalization also indicates the flow of ideas, norms, information and peoples. There is a large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002764241
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Principles and practicalities for measuring child poverty in the rich countries
Corak, Miles (contributor) - 2005
This paper has three objectives. The first is to discuss the major issues involved in defining and measuring child poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are stated. The second objective is to take stock of child...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002764242
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High relocation costs in search-matching models : theory and application to spatial mismatch
Zenou, Yves (contributor) - 2007
We develop a standard search-matching model in which mobility costs are so high that it is too costly for workers to relocate when a change in their employment status occurs. We show that, in equilibrium, wages increase with distance to jobs and commuting costs because firms need to compensate...
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Accounting for imputed and capital income flows in income inequality analyses
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2009
Using representative and consistent microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) from 1985-2007, we illustrate that capital income (CI = return on financial investments) and imputed rent (IR = return on investments in owner-occupied housing) have become increasingly important...
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Welfare benefits of agglomeration and worker heterogeneity
Teulings, Coen N.; Ossokina, Ioulia V.; Groot, Henri L. … - 2014
The direct impact of local public goods on welfare is relatively easy to measure from land rents. However, the indirect effects on home and job location, on land use, and on agglomeration benefits are hard to pin down. We develop a spatial general equilibrium model for the valuation of these...
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Who benefits from state corporate tax cuts? : a local labor markets approach with heterogeneous firms: comment
Malgouyres, Clément; Mayer, Thierry; Mazet-Sonilhac, … - 2021
Suárez Serrato and Zidar (2016) identify state corporate tax incidence in a spatial equilibrium model with imperfectly mobile firms. Their identification argument rests on comparative-statics omitting a channel implied by their model: the link between common determinants of a location's...
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The costs of agglomeration : land prices in French cities
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - 2012
We develop a new methodology to estimate the elasticity of urban costs with respect to city population using French land price data. Our preferred estimate, which handles a number of estimation concerns, stands at 0.041. Our approach also yields a number of intermediate outputs of independent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009672254
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The production function for housing : evidence from France
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent - 2016
We propose a new nonparametric approach to estimate the production function for housing. Our estimation treats output as a latent variable and relies on the first-order condition for profit maximisation with respect to non-land inputs by competitive house builders. For parcels of a given size,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581668
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Land access and poverty among agricultural households in Nigeria
Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2024
The issue of land inequality has garnered renewed interest in development literature due to its potential impact on the welfare of smallholder farmers. Poverty reduction is a crucial sustainable development goal, and a clearer understanding of the factors contributing to poverty is essential for...
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