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Wealth and ideology in Italy : the 1923 "quasi abolition" of inheritance tax and Fascists' "middle class politics"
Gabbuti, Giacomo - 2023
In summer 1923, pursuant to the 'full powers' granted him by the Parliament to balance the budget, Alberto De Stefani - appointed in October 1922 as Mussolini's Treasury Minister - announced the abolition of inheritance tax. The most iconic act of Fascist 'financial restauration' of 1922-25, the...
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Who compares to whom? : the anatomy of income comparisons in Europe
Clark, Andrew E.; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2009
This paper provides unprecedented direct evidence from large-scale survey data on both the intensity (how much?) and direction (to whom?) of income comparisons. Income comparisons are considered to be at least somewhat important by three-quarters of Europeans. They are associated with both lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003898065
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Who Compares to Whom? The Anatomy of Income Comparisons in Europe
Clark, Andrew - 2009
This paper provides unprecedented direct evidence from large-scale survey data on both the intensity (how much?) and direction (to whom?) of income comparisons. Income comparisons are considered to be at least somewhat important by three-quarters of Europeans. They are associated with both lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155578
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Reducing income inequality in Europe
Atkinson, Anthony B. - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-11
literatures. Inequality arises not only between skilled and unskilled workers, but also between labour and capital. In seeking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010209771
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Capital income shares and income inequality in 16 EU member countries
Schlenker, Eva; Schmid, Kai D. - 2014 - This version: October 2014
In this paper, we estimate the effect of changes in capital income shares on inequality of gross household income …. Using EU-SILC data covering 16 EU countries from 2005 to 2011 we find that the level of capital income shares is positively … associated with the concentration of gross household income. Moreover, we show that the transmission of a shift in capital income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010419781
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Capital income shares and income inequality in the European Union
Schlenker, Eva; Schmid, Kai D. - 2013
In this paper, we measure the effect of changing capital income shares upon inequality of gross household income. Using … EU-SILC data covering 17 EU countries from 2005 to 2011 we find that capital income shares are positively associated with … the concentration of gross household income. Moreover, we show that the transmission of a shift in capital income shares …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010187212
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Inequality, Technology and Job Polarization of the Youth Labor Market in Europe
Bheemaiah, Kariappa - 2015
This paper presents a connecting methodology in order to trace the emerging dynamics of inequality for the youth populace of Europe. We determine that the development of these dynamics are directly affected by the advancement of technology, and especially related to Information and Communication...
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Preferences for redistribution in Europe
Olivera, Javier - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 14, pp. 1-18
This paper uses pseudo panel techniques and a fixed effects estimator to analyse the determinants of preferences for 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...
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An investigation of the nexus between globalisation dimensions and income inequality
Tamasauskiene, Zita; Žičkienė, Skaidrė - In: Entrepreneurial business and economics review : EBER 9 (2021) 2, pp. 39-53
Objective: The objective of the article is to explore the nexus between changes of various globalisation dimensions, defined by either policy (de jure) or outcomes (de facto), and the rise in income inequality in a panel of 27 EU countries during the period 1998-2017. Research Design & Methods:...
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The distribution of well-being among Europeans
Brandolini, Andrea; Rosolia, Alfonso - 2019
We analyse the evolution of EU citizens' living standards, considering the EU as a single country. Average living standards have improved considerably as the European integration process has unfolded. EU28 income inequality has steadily declined, mostly as a result of the macroeconomic...
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