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Inequality and Market Concentration, When Shareholding Is More Skewed Than Consumption
Gans, Joshua S.; Leigh, Andrew; Schmalz, Martin; … - 2018
or households can be both consumers and shareholders, the impact of market power on inequality depends in part on the … inequality. Moreover, over time, corporate equity has become even more skewed relative to consumption. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984594
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Do rising top incomes lift all boats?
Andrews, Dan; Jencks, Christopher; Leigh, Andrew - 2010
inequality is permanent, the increase in growth appears to be permanent. However, our estimates imply that it would take 13 years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269773
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The distribution of top incomes in five Anglo-Saxon countries over the twentieth century
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leigh, Andrew - 2010
Taxation data have been used to create long-run series for the distribution of top incomes in quite a number of countries. Most of these studies have focused on the national experience of individual countries, but we can also learn from cross-country comparisons. Comparative analysis is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270632
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Mobility, taxation and welfare
Bibi, Sami; Duclos, Jean-Yves; Araar, Abdelkrim - 2011
incomes. This paper assesses the net welfare benefit of mobility by assuming both a social aversion to inequality in permanent … and on the inequality of income across individuals. Using panel data, we find that Canada's tax system limits … income equalizing effect of taxes can reach up to 23 percent of mean income at the higher values of inequality aversion that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278751
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Immobile Australia: Surnames Show Strong Status Persistence, 1870–2017
Clark, Gregory; Leigh, Andrew; Pottenger, Mike - 2017
The paper estimates long run social mobility in Australia 1870–2017 tracking the status of rare surnames. The status information includes occupations from electoral rolls 1903–1980, and records of degrees awarded by Melbourne and Sydney universities 1852–2017. Status persistence was strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744733
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Long Run Trends in Australian Executive Remuneration: BHP 1887-2012
Pottenger, Mike; Leigh, Andrew - 2013
Outside the US, little is known of long-run trends in executive compensation. We fill this gap by studying BHP, a resources giant that has long been one of the largest companies on the Australian stock market. From 1887 to 2013, trends in CEO and director remuneration (relative to average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319422
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Distributional Effects of Competition: A Simulation Approach
Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos; Araar, Abdelkrim; … - 2021
Understanding the economic and social effects of the recent global trends of rising market concentration and market power has become a policy priority. To fill this knowledge gap, this paper introduces a simple simulation method, the Welfare and Competition tool (WELCOM), to estimate with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497944
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Long Run Trends in Australian Executive Remuneration: BHP 1887-2012
Pottenger, Mike; Leigh, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Outside the US, little is known of long-run trends in executive compensation. We fill this gap by studying BHP, a resources giant that has long been one of the largest companies on the Australian stock market. From 1887 to 2013, trends in CEO and director remuneration (relative to average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884303
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Do Rising Top Incomes Lift All Boats?
Andrews, Dan; Jencks, Christopher; Leigh, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
inequality is permanent, the increase in growth appears to be permanent. However, our estimates imply that it would take 13 years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506067
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The Distribution of Top Incomes in Five Anglo-Saxon Countries over the Twentieth Century
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leigh, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Taxation data have been used to create long-run series for the distribution of top incomes in quite a number of countries. Most of these studies have focused on the national experience of individual countries, but we can also learn from cross-country comparisons. Comparative analysis is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506080