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 …

.e. whether immigrants are more likely to move to countries with generous welfare systems. Although economic theory predicts that …

partially-identified case. Finally, we illustrate our methods with an empirical application to welfare comparison of two income …

total welfare loss is around 4.9 percent of yearly household income, with marriage distortion contributing 17 percent of …

sharing rule for non-labor income. Using the American Time Use Survey for the years 2003 to 2015, estimates show a positive … wives tend to be more altruistic in comparison to their husbands regarding the intra-household allocation of income, which … increases in any source of household income are associated with decreases in intra-household inequality, as measured by the …