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Ireland is one of the countries most severely affected by the Great Recession. National income fell by more than 10 per … crisis, and deep fiscal adjustment. This paper examines the income distribution consequences of the recession, and identifies … per cent between 2008 and 2011, but the greatest losses were strongly concentrated on the bottom and top deciles. Tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009765520
The theory of fiscal federalism points out that decentralisation should be pursued in order to fit differences in individual preferences. However, the presence of externalities and the need of providing merit goods to citizens suggest that centralisation is likely to produce more efficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009489053
We analyze the distributional effects of the reduction in energy subsidies in Argentina since 2016. As the policy reform also includes the introduction of a scheme to protect less well-off families (social tariff), we also review how well the targeting mechanism works. We apply traditional...
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The theory of fiscal federalism points out that decentralization should be pursued in order to fit differences in individual preferences. However, the presence of externalities and the need of providing merit goods to citizens suggest that centralization is likely to produce more efficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112533
Ireland is one of the countries most severely affected by the Great Recession. National income fell by more than 10 per … crisis, and deep fiscal adjustment. This paper examines the income distribution consequences of the recession, and identifies … per cent between 2008 and 2011, but the greatest losses were strongly concentrated on the bottom and top deciles. Tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079158
Conflicts of interest over the generosity and structure of redistribution and social insurance (jointly: social policy) include that between the relatively poor and wealthy - which yields the familiar result that median-voter demand for broad redistribution increases in the income skew - and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219906
In this paper we estimate the effects of an unconditional basic income on labor supply and income distribution with a special focus on the incentives to work in the family context. An unconditional basic income guarantees every citizen a minimum income without any means-testing. We simulate a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131539
Ireland is one of the countries most severely affected by the Great Recession. National income fell by more than 10 per … crisis, and deep fiscal adjustment. This paper examines the income distribution consequences of the recession, and identifies … per cent between 2008 and 2011, but the greatest losses were strongly concentrated on the bottom and top deciles. Tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009761408
expectations, a structural labor demand model, and a tax-benefit microsimulation model. Our findings show that as of September 2020 …. However, the tax benefit system and discretionary policy responses to the crisis act as important income stabilizers, since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012383744
expectations, a structural labor demand model, and a tax-benefit microsimulation model. Our findings show that as of September 2020 …. However, the tax benefit system and discretionary policy responses to the crisis act as important income stabilizers, since …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012383825