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compensated by a revenue-neutral reduction in income-related taxes. Based on a dual data base and a microsimulation model of labor … on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …
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compensated by a revenue-neutral reduction in income-related taxes. Based on a dual data base and a microsimulation model of labor … on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212759
and Portugal. Using the European microsimulation model EUROMOD, the paper first assesses the distributional impact of …
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other benefits, including greatly reduced administrative complexity and cost. Using microsimulation analysis in a …
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and Portugal. Using the European microsimulation model EUROMOD, the paper first assesses the distributional impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763582
In most disability insurance programs beneficiaries lose some or all of their benefits if they earn above an earnings threshold. While intended to screen out applicants with high remaining working capacity, earnings limits can also distort the labor supply of beneficiaries. We develop a simple...
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Food price inflation in Brazil in the twelve months to June 2008 was 18 percent, while overall inflation was 5.3 percent. This paper uses spatially disaggregated monthly data on consumer prices and two different household surveys to estimate the welfare consequences of these food price...
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can be concluded that both taxes and transfers reduce inequality of opportunities, with social benefits typically playing … the key role. Furthermore, the equalizing impacts of the tax benefit system on inequality of opportunity differ … substantially from the ones observed when referring to the traditional notion of inequality of outcomes. …
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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...
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can be concluded that both taxes and transfers reduce inequality of opportunities, with social benefits typically playing … the key role. Furthermore, the equalizing impacts of the tax benefit system on inequality of opportunity differ … substantially from the ones observed when referring to the traditional notion of inequality of outcomes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764586