El propósito del ensayo es analizar los factores que explican la violencia enColombia; para ello, el autor, retoma elementos fundamentalmente en elneoinstitucionalismo, en el narcotráfico y en la desigualdad. González,después de explorara los tres elementos antes enunciados, plantea...

Esta investigación propone una modificación al índice de miseria de Okun (IMO) adaptándolo a mercados con estas características, agregándole al nivel de desempleo el nivel de empleo en el sector informal (ESI). El estudio compara la evolución de diversos índices de miseria tradicionales...

Esta investigación construye un índice sobre el bienestar de los hogares, para seleccionar hogares en situación de pobreza, en los distintos subsidios que otorga el Estado en sus programas sociales. El índice estratifica entre los hogares con bajo nivel de bienestar según grado de...

This paper examines the question of achieving a societal consensus around redistributive policies. Its extent is measured by the degree of work participation among the different skill classes that populate the economy. This consensus is driven both by the material incentives and heterogeneous...

In a number of high-income countries over the past few decades there has been a large growth in income inequality and at the same time a shift in the burden of taxation from the top to the middle of the income distribution. This paper applies the theory of optimal piecewise linear taxation to...

The achievements and limitations of the classical theory of optimal labor-income taxation based on social welfare functions are now well known, although utilitarianism still dominates public economics. We review the recent interest that has arisen for broadening the normative approach and making...

We consider an economy in which agents di¤er in terms of productivity (that may be either high or low) as well as in their preferences for labour. Individuals decide whether or not they enter the labour force. In this context and under asymmetric information, the optimal tax schedules derived...

We impose a horizontal equity restriction on the problem of finding the optimal utilitarian tax mix. The horizontal equity constraint requires that individuals with the same ability have to pay the same amount of taxes regardless of their preferences for leisure. Contrary to normal findings, we...