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Unequal Inequalities : Do Progressive Taxes Reduce Income Inequality?
Duncan, Denvil - 2012
This paper analyzes the effect of changes in structural progressivity of national income tax systems on observed and actual income inequality. Using several unique measures of progressivity over the 1981-2005 period for a large panel of countries, we find that progressivity reduces inequality in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099109
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Human capital mobility : implications for efficiency, income distribution, and policy
Wildasin, David E. - 2014
Mobility of highly-skilled workers affects and is affected by labor market conditions, taxes, and other policies. This paper documents the demographic and fiscal importance of international migration, especially in aging societies, reviews the efficiency and distributional effects of mobility,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358945
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Inequality and poverty in the United States : public policies for inclusive growth
Denk, Oliver; Hagemann, Robert P.; Lenain, Patrick; … - 2013
addition, taxes and transfers contribute less to income redistribution than in other OECD countries. If well designed, reforms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767746
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Reconstructing income inequality in Italy : new evidence and tax policy implications from distributional national accounts
Guzzardi, Demetrio; Palagi, Elisa; Roventini, Andrea; … - 2022
This work reconstructs novel series on income distribution in Italy combining survey data, tax data and National Accounts both at the national and regional levels, and it analyzes the overall progressivity of the tax system. Our new Distributional National Accounts allow to correct for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013161526
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Deserving poor and the desirability of a minimum wage
Blumḳin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 7 (2018) 6, pp. 1-17
This paper provides a normative justification for the use of a minimum wage as a redistributive tool in a competitive labor market. We show that a government interested in improving the wellbeing of the deserving poor, while being less concerned with their undeserving counterparts, can use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951611
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The Effect of Inequality on Redistribution : An Econometric Analysis
Boskin, Michael J.; Elnahal, Kareem; Zhang, Adam - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
redistribution and a modest effect of two year led inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544770
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Inequality and Poverty in the United States : Public Policies for Inclusive Growth
Lenain, Patrick - 2013
addition, taxes and transfers contribute less to income redistribution than in other OECD countries. If well designed, reforms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014156732
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Multiple politico-economic regimes, inequality and growth
Desdoigts, Alain; Moizeau, Fabien - 2001
mechanism through which the pressure for redistribution can be highly non linear therefore providing an explanation as to … whymore inequality can be associated with less, rather than more, redistributive taxation. Our framework displays multiple … long run. -- growth ; Community formation ; human capital ; redistribution ; social mobility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009615432
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Long run trends in the distribution of income and wealth
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2014
This paper reviews the long run developments in the distribution of personal income and wealth. It also discusses suggested explanations for the observed patterns. We try to answer questions such as: What do we know, and how do we know, about the distribution of income and wealth over time? Are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010392557
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Multiple Politico-Economic Regimes, Inequality and Growth
Desdoigts, Alain; Moizeau, Fabien - 2001
mechanism through which the pressure for redistribution can be highly non linear therefore providing an explanation as to why … more inequality can be associated with less, rather than more, redistributive taxation. Our framework displays multiple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014127229