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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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This paper investigates a previously unexplored behavioral response to taxation: whether smokers compensate for higher cigarette taxes by enrolling in food stamps. First, we show theoretically that increases in cigarette taxes can induce food stamp take-up of non-enrolled, eligible smoking...
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provide a novel decomposition of labor income tax formulas into a redistribution and an insurance component. The latter is … capital tax is non-zero and trades off redistribution and insurance against savings distortions. Our quantitative results … bound on optimal taxes: even for welfare functions that do not value redistribution, marginal tax rates are positive for all …
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If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledgeintensive activities and … reduction reduces statis inefficiency. On the other hand, standard redistribution also reduces the level of R and D because it … that standard redistribution always dominates limitations to IPRs. …
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lifetime earnings risk. Based on a dynamic life-cycle model, we find that redistribution through the tax-and -transfer system …
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' policy choices by transferring money to them. We observe very high levels of redistribution - even when transfers to … equilibrium predictions. -- Redistribution ; double auction ; elections ; lobbying …
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policy makers in emerging and developing countries in particular. -- Brazil ; inequality ; poverty ; redistribution …
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individuals' preferences for redistribution. A novel survey question from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study - whether the … taxes paid by unskilled workers are too high, adequate or too low - are used to elicit attitudes toward redistribution … years. The results reveal that intergenerational mobility is significantly related to preferences for redistribution. The …
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students and district-level administrative data on mining production and the redistribution of mining taxes to local … governments, we find no effect from production. However, redistribution of mining taxes increases math test scores by 0 … increases in adult employment and health outcomes of adults and children, as key mechanisms from the redistribution. Policy …
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We study the design of child-care policies when redistribution matters. Traditional mothers provide some informal child … redistribution across couples and efficiency are separable. Redistribution is performed via lump-sum transfers and taxes which are … care at a Pigouvian rate. However, in a second-best setting, a trade-off between efficiency and redistribution emerges. The …
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