system and go further to demonstrate how the different taxes and benefits contribute to the total redistribution effect. A … tax, indirect taxes, social security contributions and social benefits. Our goal is to analyze progressivity of the fiscal … different taxes or benefits. We conclude that Mexican tax-benefit system is progressive, with greater pre-fiscal income …

Mobility of highly-skilled workers affects and is affected by labor market conditions, taxes, and other policies. This … efficiency and distributional effects of mobility, and analyzes the economic incidence of fiscal transfers to low-skilled workers … that are financed by taxes on imperfectly-mobile high-skilled workers in a dynamic model, distinguishing the short …

infuence or bribe politicians, and when inequality and potential taxes are high (which makes redistribution more valuable to …, they are effectively accepting a certain amount of politician (presidential) rents in return for redistribution. We show …

acknowledged approaches in the study of income inequality and redistribution: Kakwani’s (1984) decomposition of redistributive … inequality into contributions of different income components. The roles of taxes and benefits in achieving vertical, horizontal …

Bolivia but they are on opposite sides in terms of the extent of redistribution. Fourth, due to indirect taxes households are … argue that conventional wisdom may be wrong. First, the extent and effectiveness of income redistribution and poverty … a unity is misleading. The (after direct taxes and transfers) Gini, for example, declines by over 10 percent in …

properties. However, the efficiency costs of the system are substantial. Taxes and benefits combine to face income earners with … système a des propriétés de redistribution très importantes qui sont mises clairement en évidence dans ce <I>Document de …

The paper presents evidence of an upward ratchet in transfers and taxes in the U.S. around World-War II. This finding … in the population who interacts with a (richer) agenda setter in Congress in setting redistribution. While the setter … managed to cap redistribution in the pre-war period, the War itself pushed up the status-quo tax burden, raising the …