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Back to Bismarck? Shifting preferences for intragenerational redistribution in OECD pension systems

Krieger, Tim; Traub, Stefan - 2008

Using a sample of 20 OECD countries it is shown that the majority of countries decreased the level of intragenerational redistribution in the first pillar of their pension systems, though the evidence is weak in statistical terms. We find strong correlations between changes of the so-called...

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Household Earnings in Putin’s Russia: Distributional Changes across Socioeconomic Groups, 2000–2016

Hlásny, Vladimír - 2022

Following Russia's February invasion of Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions by countries worldwide, Russian population faces a crisis with deep but differentiated consequences across socioeconomic groups. We examine the evolution of earnings and societal earnings gaps throughout Vladimir...

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Is the Pareto-Lévy law a good representation of income distributions?

Dagsvik, John K.; Jia, Zhiyang; Vatne, Bjørn H.; Zhu, … - 2011

Mandelbrot (1960) proposed using the so-called Pareto-Lévy class of distributions as a framework for representing income distributions. We argue in this paper that the Pareto-Lévy distribution is an interesting candidate for representing income distribution because its parameters are easy to...

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Income inequality, redistribution and poverty: Contrasting rational choices and behavioural perspectives

Luebker, Malte - 2012

Based on the standard axiom of individual utility maximization, rational choice has postulated that higher income inequality translates into greater redistribution by shaping the median voter's preferences. While numerous papers have tested this proposition, the literature has remained divided...

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Disentangling income inequality and the redistributive effect of taxes and transfers in 20 LIS countries over time

Caminada, Koen; Goudswaard, Kees; Wang, Chen - 2012

public old age pensions and the survivors scheme attribute 60 percent to the increase of redistribution during the period …

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Disentangling income inequality and the redistributive effect of social transfers and taxes in 36 LIS countries

Wang, Chen; Caminada, Koen - 2011

social programs, like unemployment benefits or pensions and income taxes. We develop a budget incidence simulation model to … components account for above 50 percent of total reduction in income inequality: the public old age pensions and the survivors …

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Four levers of redistribution: The impact of tax and transfer systems on inequality reduction

Guillaud, Elvire; Olckers, Matthew; Zemmour, Michaël - 2017

Using observational micro data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), we assess the redistributive impact of tax and transfer configurations across 22 OECD countries for the period 1999-2013. After recovering new tax data (employer social contributions), we measure the reduction of income...

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Income inequality and fiscal redistribution in 47 LIS-countries, 1967-2014

Caminada, Koen; Wang, Jinxian; Goudswaard, Kees Pieter; … - 2017

In most OECD countries the gap between rich and poor has widened over the past decades. This paper analyzes whether and to what extent taxes and social transfers have contributed to this trend. Has the redistributive power of different social programs changed over time? The paper contributes to...

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Relative income poverty rates and poverty alleviation via tax/benefit systems in 49 LIS countries, 1967-2016

Caminada, Koen; Wang, Jinxian; Goudswaard, Kees Pieter; … - 2019

extent variations at the social program level (such as old age pensions, child benefits) affect the measured effectiveness of …

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Armoede en ongelijkheid bij ouderen: Een vergelijkende studie van de pensioenstelsels in België en Nederland

Keupers, Ingrid - 2009

population, second and third pillar pensions are advocated. However, it is important not to lose sight of the social consequences … of encouraging these private pensions. In this master thesis the paradox of redistribution from Korpi & Palme (1998) is … redistribution further states that inequality will be higher when the first pillar provides flat-rate pensions and will be the lowest …

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