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Concannon, Jeff; Elsner, Benjamin - 2020

welcome more immigrants. On theoretical grounds, the relationship between immigration and support for redistribution is … ambiguous. Immigration may increase ethnic diversity, which may reduce the support for redistribution. On the other hand …, natives may demand more redistribution as an insurance against labour market risks brought by immigration. In this chapter, we …

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Non-monotonic employment effects by market structure and minimum wage level

Devereux, Kevin; Studnicka, Zuzanna - 2024

Minimum wages decrease employment in competitive markets, but can increase it in monopsonistic markets so long as they do not exceed the marginal product of labour. We find evidence of non-monotonicity both by market structure and minimum wage level. Minimum wage hikes initially increase hours...

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Unions improve Chinese workers' welfare : results from 1,268 firms

Yao, Yang; Zhong, Ninghua - 2010

Based on a survey of 1,268 firms in 12 Chinese cities, this paper empirically studies the effects of unions on three aspects of workers welfare, namely, hourly wages, monthly working hours, and pension coverage. Our baseline results show that unionization increases hourly wage rates by 5.6%,...

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Tax competition in an expanding European Union

Davies, Ronald B.; Voget, Johannes - 2009

This paper empirically examines whether expansion of the EU has increased international tax competition. To do so, we use a simple model of tax competition to determine how a given country weights the taxes of others when choosing its own tax. This indicates that the market potential of a...

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The silver lining of red tape

Davies, Ronald B. - 2010 - This Version: May 2010

An increasing number of international agreements require "nondiscrimination" from their participants, i.e. the government of one country cannot treat foreign firms differently from domestic firms. This is at odds with a government's desire to benefit its own citizens rather than foreign...

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The ESR at 50: a review article on fiscal policy papers

Madden, David - 2019

This article provides a broad overview of published research in the Economic and Social Review (ESR) in the broad areas of fiscal policy. It examines the patterns of publications and citations over time, those sub-areas which have seen the highest rate of publication and the nature of the data...

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Harnessing electricity retail tariffs to support climate change policy

Ryan, Lisa; La Monaca, Sarah; Mastrandrea, Linda; … - 2018

Legacy electricity retail tariffs are ill-adapted to future electricity systems and markets, particularly with regard to accommodating the multi-faceted shift toward decarbonisation. We examine how retail tariffs need to be reformed to not only meet the future revenue requirements of...

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Designing efficient college and tax policies

Findeisen, Sebastian; Sachs, Dominik - 2015

The total social benefits of college education exceed the private benefits because the government receives a share of the monetary returns in the form of income taxes. We study the policy implications of this fiscal externality in an optimal dynamic tax framework. Using a variational approach we...

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Does redistribution hurt growth? : an empirical assessment of the redistribution-growth relationship in the European Union

Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika; De Poli, Silvia - 2024

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After you : cognition and health-distribution preferences

Brun, Martín; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2023

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