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.Hence, a given compression of after-tax incomes can be achievedat lower marginal tax rates. Optimal redistribution policy faces …
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This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of capital taxation in advanced economies with a focus on the Swedish experience. We synthesize the existing theoretical literature, present facts about the capital stock and its distribution, review current capital tax practices and...
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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,...
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The argument by Piketty and others that there is growing inequality and this is causing damage is not new. But regardless of who is running this argument, it is significantly flawed. The poor have definitely improved their situation, especially if taxes and income support are included, in many...
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more unevenly distributed then productivity, technical progress always increases inequality. Redistribution from profits to …
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which globalization should influence the personal distribution of market and disposable incomes as well as redistribution. I …
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We incorporate the division of income between capital and labor into analysis on the relationship between inequality and growth. Using historical data, we document that changes in the top 1 % income shares are positively associated with subsequent growth of per capita GDP when the capital share...
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assets for the capital gain (asset redistribution). The former increases total income and employment, while the latter alters … phenomenon of rising inequality and social harm over the course of a recession. As asset redistribution is predominantly a … privilege of the rich, an increase in inequality encourages more income redistribution, thus further exacerbating recessions …
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which this ratio increases coincide with those in which Democrats rule the government and there is more redistribution from … the power are characterized by a fall in the ratio and less redistribution from the rich to the rest of the population …
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