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Reversal of the Kuznets curve : study on the inequality-development relation using top income shares data
Tuominen, Elina - 2015
This paper uses recently published top 1% income share series in studying the inequality-development association. The … opportunity to study slow development processes. The empirical inequality-development studies have started to call into question … spline methods. The association between top 1% share and development is found to experience a reversal at later stages of …
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The heterogeneous relationship between income and inequality : a panel co-integration approach
Flechtner, Svenja; Gräbner-Radkowitsch, Claudius - 2019
We study the relationship between per-capita income and income inequality with a heterogeneous panel co-integration approach.We extend previous studies in two respects: first, we compile a more extensive data set for 61 countries over 26-51 years and consider measures for both pre-tax and...
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Labor market power and development
Armangué-Jubert, Tristany; Guner, Nezih; Ruggieri, … - 2023
countries. We structurally estimate a model of oligopsony with free entry for countries at different stages of development and … the top of the development ladder. …
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Income Distribution: Effects on Growth and Development
Birdsall, Nancy - 2007
I review the literature on the effects of inequality on growth and development in the developing world. Two stylized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162630
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The political economy of the standard level of services : the role of income distribution
Fiorillo, Fabio; Sacchi, Agnese - 2012
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
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The efficiency and equity of the tax and transfer system in France
Égert, Balázs - 2013
Taxes and cash transfers reduce income inequality more in France than elsewhere in the OECD, because of the large size of the flows involved. But the system is complex overall. Its effectiveness could be enhanced in many ways, for example so as to achieve the same amount of redistribution at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767760
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The efficiency and equity of the tax and transfer system in France
Égert, Balázs - 2013
Taxes and cash transfers reduce income inequality more in France than elsewhere in the OECD, because of the large size of the flows involved. But the system is complex overall. Its effectiveness could be enhanced in many ways, for example so as to achieve the same amount of redistribution at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009734840
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Can political inequalities be educated away? : evidence from a Swedish school reform
Lindgren, Karl-Oskar; Oskarsson, Sven; Dawes, Christopher T. - 2014
Over the years, many suggestions have been made on how to reduce the importance of family background in political recruitment. In this study, we examine the effectiveness of one such proposal: the expansion of mass education. More precisely, we utilize a difference-in-difference strategy to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010458496
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The Effects of Fiscal Decentralization on Household Income Inequality : Some Empirical Evidence
Sacchi, Agnese - 2012
In this paper we investigate the effects of fiscal decentralization on income inequality using a sample of 23 OECD countries over the period 1971-2000. We utilize novel and robust measures of fiscal decentralization based on different degrees of expenditure and tax autonomy of sub-central...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104257
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The Political Economy of the Standard Level of Services : The Role of Income Distribution
Fiorillo, Fabio - 2012
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