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Heterogeneity and persistence in returns to wealth
Fagereng, Andreas; Guiso, Luigi; Malacrino, Davide; … - 2018 - This version: May 2018
We provide a systematic analysis of the properties of individual returns to wealth using twelve years of population data from Norway's administrative tax records. We document a number of novel results. First, during our sample period individuals earn markedly different average returns on their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011864456
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness : do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009
less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258037
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Are people inequality averse, and do they prefer redistribution by the state? : evidence from German longitudinal data on life satisfaction
Schwarze, Johannes; Härpfer, Marco - 2002
We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. In addition, we investigate whether a reduction in inequality by the state increases individual well-being. We find that Germans are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436192
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Fractionalization and the Size of Government
Lind, Jo Thori - 2003
fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for … redistribution, inequality between groups have the opposite effect. All these results hold even if a poor group is in majority. Using … increases and between group inequality decreases redistribution. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508116
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Are people inequality averse, and do they prefer redistribution by the state? : evidence from German longitudinal data on life satisfaction
Schwarze, Johannes; Härpfer, Marco - 2002
We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. In addition, we investigate whether a reduction in inequality by the state increases individual well-being. We find that Germans are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406589
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Immigration vs. poverty : causal impact on demand for redistribution in a survey experiment
Martinangeli, Andrea F.M.; Windsteiger, Lisa - 2020 - This draft: February 19, 2020
redistribution and addressing its pitfalls requires in-depth investigations by population segment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422563
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Fiscal federalism and income inequality : an empirical analysis for Switzerland
Feld, Lars P.; Frey, Christian; Schaltegger, Christoph A.; … - 2018
This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal federalism on income inequality and redistribution. Theoretically … concentration in pre- and after-tax income without additional redistribution via progressive taxes. It is, however, crucial to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011942832
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Income inequality, redistributive preferences and the extent of redistribution : an empirical application of optimal tax approach
Tanninen, Hannu; Tuomala, Matti; Tuominen, Elina - 2018 - Version: July 2018
We examine empirically the relationship between the extent of redistribution and the components of the Mirrlees … relationship between factor-income inequality and the extent of redistribution. We also find a link between our redistributive …-preference measure and the extent of redistribution. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011928569
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Income inequality and the size of government : a causal analysis
Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin - 2019
Expansion of the public sector and redistributive policies may reduce income inequality, but formal tests suffer from the problem of endogeneity of government size with respect to the distribution of income. Studying 30 European countries over the period 2004-2015, we apply instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012151150
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Globalization and income inequality revisited
Dorn, Florian; Fuest, Clemens; Potrafke, Niklas - 2018
This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the period 1970-2014 and employ an IV approach to deal with the endogeneity of globalization measures. We find that the link between globalization and income inequality differs across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011789164