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Improving Efficiency and Equity of Child-Related Federal Tax Policies
Cherry, Robert - In: Eastern Economic Journal 27 (2001) 3, pp. 309-322
reduced, especially for families that are currently subject to both the federal tax rate and the EITC phase-out rate. It … current situation in which families with incomes between $30,000 and $60,000 receive less child-related benefits than either …
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Income Taxation and Household Size: Would French Family Splitting Make German Families Better Off ?
Baclet, Alexandre; Dell, Fabien; Wrohlich, Katharina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
. Actually, low income families with less than three children even fare better in terms of tax relief in Germany than in France … compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …In this paper, we address the question whether family support via the income tax system is more generous in France than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068687
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Income Taxation and Household Size: Would French Family Splitting Make German Families Better Off?
Baclet, Alexandre; Dell, Fabien; Wrohlich, Katharina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
. Actually, low income families with less than three children even fare better in terms of tax relief in Germany than in France … compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …In this paper, we address the question whether family support via the income tax system is more generous in France than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762279
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The Increase in Income Cyclicality of High-Income Households and its Relation to the Rise in Top Income Shares
Parker, Jonathan A.; Vissing-Jorgensen, Annette - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
We document a large increase in the cyclicality of the incomes of high-income households, coinciding with the rise in their share of aggregate income. In the U.S., since top income shares began to rise rapidly in the early 1980s, incomes of those in the top 1 percent of the income distribution...
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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...
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Lifetime Earnings Inequality in Germany
Bönke, Timm; Corneo, Giacomo; Lüthen, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325414
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Lifetime Earnings Inequality in Germany
Bönke, Timm; Corneo, Giacomo; Lüthen, Holger - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009327816
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Lebenseinkommen von Arbeitnehmern in Deutschland: Ungleichheit verdoppelt sich zwischen den Geburtsjahrgängen 1935 und 1972
Bönke, Timm; Lüthen, Holger - In: DIW Wochenbericht 81 (2014) 49, pp. 1271-1277
Income inequality is usually considered in terms of its current development. A long-term perspective allows us to compare the income situation of today’s generation with that of their parents. For the first time ever, we have measured the inequality of wages and salaries earned over an entire...
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Demand Patterns in France, Germany, and Belgium: Can We Explain the Differences?
Lebrun, Igor; Ruiz, Esther Pérez - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
core. This paper puts recent demand patterns in France, Germany, and Belgium into historical perspective. We find that …
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Taxation and the Earnings of Husbands and Wives: Evidence from Sweden
M Gelber, Alexander - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
This paper examines the response of husbands' and wives' earnings to a tax reform in which husbands' and wives' tax rates changed independently, allowing me to examine the effect of both spouses' incentives on each spouse's behavior. I compare the results to those of more simplified econometric...
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