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Income inequality and social preferences for redistribution and compensation differentials
Kerr, William R. - Suomen Pankki - 2013
In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government …-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve … along this pattern, a vicious cycle could form with reduced social concern amplifying primal increases in inequality due to …
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A Single-Mindedness model with n generations
Emanuele, Canegrati - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper I will analyse the redistribution of income amongst n generations using the Single-mindedness Theory. I will introduce a new expression for the balanced-budget constraint, no longer based on lump- sum transfers as in the traditional literature, but rather on more realistic labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835397
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Social Welfare Analysis of Income Distributions: Ranking Income Distributions with Crossing Generalised Lorenz Curves
Bellù, Lorenzo Giovanni; Liberati, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This paper illustrates how Crossing Generalised Lorenz (GL) curves can be used to identify the best income distribution on social welfare grounds within a set of alternative income distributions generated by different policy options. It starts by illustrating two alternative income distributions...
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Weighted Constrained Egalitarism in TU-Games.
Koster, M. - CentER for Economic Research, Universiteit van Tilburg - 1999
weighted Lorenz-criterion as an inequality measure. It is shown that in general there is at most one such weighted egalitarian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005775442
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The Distribution of Personal Income in Post-War Italy: Source Description, Date Quality, and the Time Pattern of Income Inequality.
Brandolini, A. - Banca d'Italia - 1999
The paper describes the sample surveys on the personal distribution of incomes conducted in post-war Italy: the first survey carried out by Istituto Doxa in 1947-48; the sample survey of household income and wealth conducted by the Bank of Italy since the late 1960s; the expenditure survey, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005640920
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Charting Income Inequality: The Lorenz Curve
Bellù, Lorenzo G.; Liberati, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This paper explains how to build Lorenz Curves for income distributions and discusses their use for inequality … and draw Lorenz Curves. A discussion on the use of Lorenz Curves to represent inequality is also provided. It highlights …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008919738
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Normative Evaluation of Tax Policies: From Households to Individuals
Bargain, Olivier - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
We analyze the impact on French couples of a tax policy change - the introduction of a family tax credit - using jointly a collective model of household labor supply and a tax-benefit microsimulation program. In a first step, we suggest a larger interpretation of labor supply behaviors which...
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A Theory of Child Targeting
Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
There is a large empirical literature on policy measures targeted at children but surprisingly very little theoretical foundation to ground the debate on the optimality of the different instruments. In the present paper, we examine the merit of targeting children through two general policies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566826
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Redistributive Taxation, Inequality, and Intergenerational Mobility
Schneider, Andrea - Fächergruppe Volkswirtschaftslehre, Helmut Schmidt … - 2007
' current income a lump-sum tax reduces inequality if all parents have strict investment incentives. However, if some parents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004970423
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In the mood for redistribution. An empirical analysis of individual preferences for redistribution in Italy
Gaeta, Giuseppe Lucio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Over the past few years a large body of literature has studied the determinants of individual preferences for income equality and redistributive policies. In this paper, using data from the World Values Survey (WVS), we specifically focus on the preferences expressed by Italians and analyse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151609