redistribution through progressivity of the tax system is rather limited. By contrast, for parameter values observed in Chile, and …This paper quantifies the direct impact of taxes on income distribution at the household level in Chile and estimates …

income distribution and the redistribution tastes of the government. When behavioral responses are concentrated along the …

for participants in the Health and Retirement Study to investigate redistribution under the current social security … high lifetime earnings to those with low lifetime earnings. However, much of this apparent redistribution is from men to … the total lifetime earnings, and spouse and survivor benefits are taken into account, the extent of redistribution from …

This paper examines the extent of redistribution that would occur under various annuity and bequest options as part of … account balance. However, efforts to reduce the extent of redistribution generally do so at the cost of significantly lower …

skills or not. The government influences individual decision-making by redistribution of income or by subsidizing investment …

costs and benefits of redistribution are generally of the same order of magnitude, resulting in reasonable values for the …