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Fair and Efficient Taxation under Partial Control: Theory and Evidence

Ooghe, Erwin; Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

There is clear evidence that fairness plays a role in redistribution. Individuals want to compensate others for their … misfortune, while they allow them to enjoy the fruits of their effort. Such fairness considerations have been introduced in … based on much more information. We introduce fairness in a tax-benefit scheme that is based on several characteristics. The …

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Fair and efficent taxation under partial control

Ooghe, Erwin; Peichl, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

full control (if only effort matters). Fairness requires to compensate individuals for differences in well-being caused by …

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REDISTRIBUTION

Boadway, Robin; Keen, Michael - Economics Department, Queen's University - 1999

, redistribution. Amongst the themes are: the potential usefulness of apparently inefficient policy instruments in overcoming the self …-selection constraints on redistribution and limiting the damage that ill-intentioned policymakers can do; the continued (perhaps increased … redistribution may plausibly generate efficiency gains, the likelihood that some trade-off between equity and efficiency is …

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Employer Responsibility in Health Care Reform: Potential Effects on Low- and Moderate-Income Workers

Fremstad, Shawn - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

Leading health care reform proposals all require individuals to obtain health care coverage, but differ in how they would require employers to share in the costs of coverage for their employees. This report reviews the employer responsibility requirements in the leading proposals—often...

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Free Ride: The Senate Health Bill’s Approach to “Employer Responsibility” Means Some Large Employers Get to Take It Easy

Fremstad, Shawn - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

Leaders in both the House and the Senate have committed to "shared responsibility" as a basic principle of health care reform, meaning that the costs of health care coverage are shared by individuals, businesses, and the public sector. However, as this issue brief documents, the Senate version...

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Reimbursement Roulette: The Baucus Bill’s Too Playful Approach to “Play-or-Pay” in Health Care Reform

Fremstad, Shawn - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

Two of the three leading health care reform proposals being considered by Congress—the House “Tri-Committee” health care reform legislation and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s reform legislation—include sensibly designed “play-or-pay” provisions...

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Reinventing the welfare state

Mooij, Ruud de - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2006

The Dutch welfare state is under pressure. Future trends of ageing and globalisation render public finances unsustainable and worsen the position of low-skilled workers on the labour market. At the same time, welfare state institutions seem insufficiently adapted to changed socio-cultural...

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Pensionamento flessibile e (ri)equilibrio tra generazioni

Salerno, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The paper proposes a method to speed up the transition toward the notional contributions pension system in Italy. It seems the most appropriate manner to combine and pursue employment and financial sustainability goals. The method computes percentages for abating the old retributive pensions...

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¿Es necesaria una política redistributiva del ingreso en Chile? Evidencia Empírica desde el principio de igualdad de oportunidades

Sainz, Fernández; Isabel, Ana; Cabrales Gómez, Fernando; … - Departamento de Economía Aplicada III (Econometría y … - 2004

[ES] Este trabajo evalúa la política tributaria vigente en Chile desde la perspectiva del criterio de Igualdad de Oportunidades. Bajo este criterio es deseable actuar para compensar a las personas por las circunstancias en las que nacen, pero es necesario permitir las diferencias originadas...

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Incidencia de la inflación sobre la distribución del ingreso. El caso colombiano

César Augusto Merchán H. - In: REVISTA CUADERNOS DE ECONOMÍA (2002)

Este trabajo pretende evaluar, para el caso colombiano, si lainflación aumenta la desigualdad del ingreso al perjudicar a losmás pobres. Con la ayuda de las teorías de salarios rezagadosy deudor-prestamista, asó como también de estudios empíricos anivel internacional, se presentan las...

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