Two key components of the upcoming health reform in the U.S. are a new regulation of the individual health insurance … expenses and labor income risks. We replicate the key features of the current health insurance system in the U.S. and calibrate …

of the Welfare State. However, while these theories may be suited for explaining the development of public insurance or … transfers. At the other extreme, descriptions of social transfers as systems of extended insurance (behind the veil of ignorance … explained by pure efficiency motives, but less than what would be predicted under the extended insurance hypothesis. One …

Income inequality in Mexico increased between 1989 and 1994; between 1994 and 2006, inequality declined; and, between … 2006 and 2014, inequality was again on the rise. We apply decomposition techniques to analyse the proximate determinants of … labour income inequality and fiscal incidence analysis to estimate the first-order effects of taxes and social spending on …

' current income a lump-sum tax reduces inequality if all parents have strict investment incentives. However, if some parents …

' current income a lump-sum tax reduces inequality if all parents have strict investment incentives. However, if some parents …