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In the mood for redistribution. An empirical analysis of individual preferences for redistribution in Italy

Gaeta, Giuseppe Lucio - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 3, pp. 2383-2398

found to impact individual attitudes towards equality and redistribution and demonstrate that self-interest evaluations …

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The Changing Structure of Inequality in India, 1993-2010: Some Observations and Consequences

Singh, Ashish; Kumar, Kaushalendra; Singh, Abhishek - In: Economics Bulletin 35 (2015) 1, pp. 590-603

inequality in total consumption expenditure by different sources (food, education, health, durable goods and other items … consumption over 1993-94 to 2009-10, thus contributing to the observed rise in consumption inequality in India. Except for the … expenditure on food items, inequality contributions of expenditures on all other heads including education, health, durable goods …

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Inequalities between retirees and workers: an empirical model to capture the effect of taxation

Legendre, Bérangère - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 4, pp. 2787-2798

exemptions. Pensions are more equally distributed than income received from employment, and intra-cohort inequality does not seem … to be a more convincing explanation. What is the impact of differential taxation on the inequality between retirees and …

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Stochastic Dominance, Poverty and the Treatment Effect Curve

Verme, Paolo - 2010

The paper proposes a simple framework for the evaluation of anti-poverty programs based on single means differences, FGT poverty measures and stochastic dominance theory. A Treatment Effect Curve (TEC) is derived and its use illustrated with simulated data

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Regional allocation of public investment with transfer policy and agglomeration

Furukawa, Akiyoshi - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 3, pp. 1865-1872

This paper analyses the allocation of public investment across heterogeneous regions when the government can use a regional transfer policy and individuals can migrate across regions. The government should choose the same amount of public investment regardless of the taxation policy. The...

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Note on Fairness and Income Redistribution in the Latin American Countries

Figueiredo, Erik; Silva, Cleiton R. - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 2, pp. 1259-1267

This paper assesses the effects of income redistribution policies on "responsibility-sensitive" fairness levels in … major Latin American countries. We consider a justice criterion and analyses the redistribution mechanism (taxation policy …

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The Impact of the 2008 Crisis on Top Labor Incomes in Turkey: A Nonparametric Analysis

Tumen, Semih - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 2, pp. 1269-1282

This paper presents a nonparametric analysis of the impact of the 2008 crisis on earnings distribution in Turkey. Using micro-level data from the Household Labor Force Survey (2004-2011), I show that the crisis has operated most visibly above the upper quartile of the earnings distribution. I...

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Intergenerational earnings mobility in Taiwan

Sun, Fengye; Ueda, Atsuko - In: Economics Bulletin 35 (2015) 1, pp. 187-197

This study aims to estimate the extent of intergenerational mobility of earnings in Taiwan. The intergenerational elasticity of a child's earnings with respect to its parent's earnings is estimated by using household micro-data from the Panel Study of Family Dynamics (PSFD) in Taiwan. We apply...

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Incomplete Unemployment Insurance under Aggregate Fluctuations

Algan, Yann - In: Economics Bulletin 5 (2004) 12, pp. 1-7

This paper reconsiders the welfare benefit of unemployment insurance when individuals might self-insure through private savings but face aggregate fluctuations. We conclude that previous studies have under-estimated by half the average welfare gain from unemployment benefit by ignoring the...

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Do institutions, inequality and cultural differences affect cadaveric versus live-kidney harvesting?

Anbarci, Nejat; Caglayan, Mustafa - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 1, pp. 10-19

This paper empirically investigates the role of institutions, income inequality, cultural differences and health …

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