Based on the earlier work of one of the authors, this paper develops a unified methodology to compare tax progression … for dominance relations under different income distributions. We address it as uniform tax progression for different … employed for empirical investigations. Using dominance relations, we define tax progression under different income …

This paper analyses government instruments in terms of reducing market inequality. Government redistribution, realized … of the different types of tools that can be used by governments: social transfers (pensions, family benefits and … unemployment benefits), taxation, conditional cash transfers (more common in developing countries), instruments of fiscal …

We use Luxembourg Income Study data to compare the progressivity of the tax structure in the U.S. and Europe. While our … countries, since 1991 its tax structure is in fact regressive. All other countries for which it is possible to calculate overall … regressivity have always been, and remain, regressive overall. (2) Britain's tax structure is as regressive as Sweden's. (3) It is …

This article analyzes the determinants of market income distribution and governmental redistribution. The dependent … density, deindustrialization, unemployment, employment levels, and education spending. The main determinants of redistribution … levels. Redistribution rises mainly because needs rise (that is, unemployment and single mother households increase), not …

The last decade has seen a sharp increase in interest in the possible existence of a Paradox of Redistribution (PoR …

In this article we examine the change in the mix of income and benefits that older adults receive as they age, with a … database. We investigate the change of private income and social benefits following synthetic cohorts for two decades. Our … study reveals that older women rely heavily on socially provided benefits for a majority of their income, and these benefits …

-targeted provisions and means-tested benefits reduce relative economic poverty in different institutional settings. It is shown that the … structure of non -targeted entitlements is more important than that of means-tested benefits in explaining differences in …

, redistribution may produce stagnant or even declining real incomes for those at the bottom. A number of recent cross …