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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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Demand for Redistribution, Support for the Welfare State, and Party Identification in Austria
Kuhn, Andreas - 2009
This paper describes subjective wage inequality and the demand for redistribution in Austria using individuals … inequality which they perceive to exist. The empirical analysis also shows that the demand for redistribution is strongly … associated not only with variables describing self-interested motives for redistribution, but also with perceptions of and social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155545
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An Empirical Analysis of Trade-Related Redistribution and the Political Viability of Free Trade
Lake, James - 2014
undermine the political viability of free trade. We show that trade-related redistribution increases the political viability of … free trade in the US. We do so by assessing the causal effect of expected redistribution associated with the US Trade …. We find that a one standard deviation increase in redistribution leads to more than a 3% point increase in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055559
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Redistributive Effect and the Progressivity of Taxes and Benefits : Evidence for the UK, 1977-2018
Herault, Nicolas; Jenkins, Stephen P. - 2022
We apply the Kakwani approach to decomposing redistributive effect into average rate, progressivity, and reranking components using yearly UK data covering 1977-2018. We examine cash and in-kind benefits, and direct and indirect taxes. In addition, we highlight an empirical implementation issue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030842
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International Comparisons in Health Economics:Evidence from Aging Studies
Banks, James; Smith, James P. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
We provide an overview of the growing literature that uses micro-level data from multiplecountries to investigate health outcomes, and their link to socioeconomic factors, at olderages. Since the data are at a comparatively young stage, much of the analysis is at an earlystage and limited to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486871
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The Effects of World War II onEconomic and Health Outcomes across Europe
Kesternich, Iris; Siflinger, Bettina; Smith, James P.; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
In this paper, we investigate the long-run effects of World War II on socio-economic status(SES) and health of older individuals in Europe. Physical and psychological childhood eventsare important predictors for labor market and health outcomes in adult life, but studies thatquantify these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486872
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The Effects of Childhood Health on Adult Health and SES in China
Smith, James P. - 2010
In this paper, we model the consequences of childhood health on adult health and socio-economic status outcomes in China using a new sample of middle aged and older Chinese respondents. Modeled after the American Health and Retirement Survey (HRS), the CHARLS Pilot survey respondents are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135829
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Happiness, Habits and High Rank : Comparisons in Economic and Social Life
Clark, Andrew - 2011
The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120404
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Musn't Grumble : Immigration, Health and Health Service Use in the UK and Germany
Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2012
A rise in population caused by increased immigration is sometimes accompanied by concerns that the increase in population puts additional or differential pressure on welfare services which might affect the net fiscal contribution of immigrants. The UK and Germany have experienced significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099733
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What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-Course Model of Well-Being
Layard, Richard - 2013
If policy-makers care about well-being, they need a recursive model of how adult life-satisfaction is predicted by childhood influences, acting both directly and (indirectly) through adult circumstances. We estimate such a model using the British Cohort Study (1970). The most powerful childhood...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073851