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Immigrant Voters, Taxation and the Size of the Welfare State
Chevalier, Arnaud - 2018
effects on people's preferences for redistribution. In areas with larger inflows in the 1940s, people have substantially … higher demand for redistribution more than 50 years later …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912247
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Genes, Legitimacy and Hypergamy : Another Look at the Economics of Marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009
In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155540
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The Economics of Hypergamy
Almås, Ingvild - 2019
Partner selection is a vital feature of human behavior with important consequences for individuals, families, and society. Hypergamy occurs when a husband's earning capacity systematically exceeds that of his wife. We provide a theoretical framework that rationalizes hypergamy even in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870296
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Unequal Inequalities : Do Progressive Taxes Reduce Income Inequality?
Duncan, Denvil - 2012
This paper analyzes the effect of changes in structural progressivity of national income tax systems on observed and actual income inequality. Using several unique measures of progressivity over the 1981-2005 period for a large panel of countries, we find that progressivity reduces inequality in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099109
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The Economics, Technology and Neuroscience of Human Capability Formation
Heckman, James J. - 2015
This paper begins the synthesis of two currently unrelated literatures: the human capital approach to health economics and the economics of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation. A lifecycle investment framework is the foundation for understanding the origins of human inequality and for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049108
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Inequality Perceptions, Distributional Norms, and Redistributive Preferences in East and West Germany
Kuhn, Andreas - 2011
redistribution and progressive taxation, and less likely to have a conservative political orientation, even conditional on having the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128215
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Equality of Opportunity and Redistribution in Europe
Dunnzlaff, Lina - 2010
The concept of equality of opportunity (EOp) goes back to Roemer (1993, 1998) who argues that a society shall guarantee its members equal access to advantage regardless of their circumstances, while holding them responsible for turning that access into actual advantage by the application of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134930
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Redistributive Preferences, Redistribution, and Inequality : Evidence from a Panel of OECD Countries
Kuhn, Andreas - 2012
inequality and redistribution. Not surprisingly, the effective level of redistribution (after tax-and-transfer inequality) is … objective dimension of inequality and redistribution are, at least partially, linked with individuals' political preferences and … their voting behavior. The association between objective and subjective measures of inequality and redistribution vanishes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103481
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The Impact of Redistributive Policies on Inequality in OECD Countries
Dörrenberg, Philipp - 2012
intervention and redistribution. Due to obvious behavioral effects caused by redistribution, it is however not clear whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107196
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A Theory of Political Entrenchment
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2012
We develop a theory of endogenous political entrenchment in a simple two-party dynamic model of income redistribution … the net gain that low-skill agents obtain from income redistribution, which only the Left (but not the Right) can credibly … theory for constitutionally legislated term limits is also discussed. The theory sheds light on why left-wing parties or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107694