this study I aim to examine the tax system’s modification of horizontal income inequality between the six most prevalent … Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). I estimate pre- and post-fiscal income inequality measured as between-family-type Theil indices …. Using linear regression, I examine the association of the percentage change in inequality and the prevalence of family type …

This paper explores the nexus between the phenomenon of increasing income inequality and redistributive effects of the … difference between inequality of market incomes and disposable incomes. Moreover, this paper will try to estimate the … that the public sector still reduces market income inequality significantly but to a lower extent than in the previous …

If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledgeintensive activities and … reduction reduces statis inefficiency. On the other hand, standard redistribution also reduces the level of R and D because it … that standard redistribution always dominates limitations to IPRs. …

We solve the problem of a social planner who seeks to minimize inequality via transfers with a fixed public budget in a …

This article analyzes the determinants of market income distribution and governmental redistribution. The dependent … variables are LIS data on market income inequality (measured by the Gini index) for households with a head aged 25 to 59 and the … inequality has increased in the United States because the country failed to invest sufficiently in education. The main …

household primary income inequality and disposable income inequality, redistribution from transfers and income taxes, and the … LIS Budget Incidence Fiscal Redistribution Dataset on Income Inequality (LLBIFR Dataset on Income Inequality 2017) allows … redistribution in a comparative setting for the period 1967-2014. We use micro-data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) to examine …