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Do rising inequality and youth unemployment aect preferences for redistribution? Using country-level European survey … data from 2002 to 2015, I show that changes in market inequality and the rise of (youth) unemployment increase preferences … market income inequality and (youth) unemployment. The preferences of the relatively rich and healthy are more responsive to …
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This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic analysis in the last forty years or so. The central object of the theory is altruistic gift-giving, construed as benevolent voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory...
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Capital spending on infrastructure presents a significant counter-cyclical tool, however contested it might be in a society as unequal as South Africa. The history of racial capitalism, racebased exclusion from economic participation, and an enduring political economy based on the concentration...
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Do rising inequality and youth unemployment affect preferences for redistribution? Using country-level European survey … data from 2002 to 2015, I show that changes in market inequality and the rise of (youth) unemployment increase preferences … triggered by market income inequality and (youth) unemployment. The preferences of the relatively rich and healthy are more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014101302
An ongoing debate has centered on whether redistribution should be attained solely through taxes and transfer payments, or also via the private law. The most powerful argument against redistribution through private law is grounded on economic considerations. Accordingly, legal rules are more...
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the link between market inequality and redistribution is even stronger when using perceived inequality measures. We …
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relative to earlier literature. In particular, we use the latest version of the UNU-WIDER' Income Inequality Database to have … the best available estimates of both pre- and post-redistribution inequality for the largest set of countries and periods …
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the link between market inequality and redistribution is even stronger when using perceived inequality measures. We …
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This paper re-examines the link between globalization and income inequality. We use data for 140 countries over the … between globalization and income inequality differs across different groups of countries. There is a robust positive … relationship between globalization and inequality in the transition countries including China and most countries of Middle and …
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