The current age of inequality is also an age of extensive tax and related public economics scholarship about inequality … inequality, as it has changed over time. The second concerns different mechanisms for taxing the rich, such as through the … further sets of issues raised by inequality demand greater attention than they have heretofore received. The first is …

This paper explores whether more generous social spending polices in fact lead to less income inequality, or if … with regard to inequality levels, I apply the System GMM estimator and use the presumably random incidence of certain … reduces inequality levels. The result is robust with respect to the instrument count and different data restrictions. Looking …

on pre-government income inequality hints at substantial disincentive effects. -- social benefits ; redistribution …This paper explores if more generous social spending polices in fact lead to less income inequality, or if … with regard to inequality levels, I apply the System GMM estimator and use the presumably random incidence of certain …

redistribution in 34 European countries over the period 2002-2012. The data is drawn from the six available waves of the European … Social Survey. The main result is that changes in income inequality positively affect changes in preferences for … redistribution over time. Though this result is predicted by standard political economy models, it has found little previous …

How do different components of the tax and transfer systems affect disposable income inequality? This paper explores … the redistributive effects of different tax benefit instruments in the enlarged EU based on two approaches. Inequality … analysis based on the standard approach suggests that benefits are the most important factor reducing inequality in the …

efficiency with a relevant amount of tax revenues and social expenditures. They obviously obtain very high redistribution, above … 15 points. Most of the countries considered show an intermediate level of redistribution (between 7 and 12 points), but … countries show a very low level of redistribution, below 7 points. Interestingly, they vary in the level of tax burden and of …

; inequality ; redistribution … can be concluded that both taxes and transfers reduce inequality of opportunities, with social benefits typically playing … the key role. Furthermore, the equalizing impacts of the tax benefit system on inequality of opportunity differ …