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The political economy of 'linked' progressive taxation in Africa and Latin America
Mosley, Paul; Abdulai, Abdul-Gafaru - 2016
switched between sectors. We examine, principally by regression methods, the impact of 'linked taxation' in five countries … revenue in all those countries. 'Linked progressive taxation' has evolved over recent years to become more flexible, in … particular through reforms in the sources and types of taxation which are used to finance priority expenditures, and we argue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568140
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Social Spending, Taxes and Income Redistribution in Uruguay
Bucheli, Marisa - 2012
How much redistribution does Uruguay accomplish through social spending and taxes? How progressive are revenue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100422
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Unequal Inequalities : Do Progressive Taxes Reduce Income Inequality?
Duncan, Denvil - 2012
This paper analyzes the effect of changes in structural progressivity of national income tax systems on observed and actual income inequality. Using several unique measures of progressivity over the 1981-2005 period for a large panel of countries, we find that progressivity reduces inequality in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099109
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Redistribution and education subsidies are siamese twins
Bovenberg, Ary Lans; Jacobs, Bas - 2003
We develop models of optimal linear and non-linear income taxation with endogenous human capital formation to explore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343324
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Human capital mobility : implications for efficiency, income distribution, and policy
Wildasin, David E. - 2014
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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358945
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Deserving poor and the desirability of a minimum wage
Blumḳin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - 2014
This paper provides a novel justification for using a minimum wage to supplement an optimal tax-and-transfer system. We demonstrate that if labor supply decisions are concentrated along the intensive margin and employment is efficiently rationed, a minimum wage can be socially beneficial by...
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Deserving poor and the desirability of a minimum wage
Blumkin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 7 (2018) 6, pp. 1-17
This paper provides a normative justification for the use of a minimum wage as a redistributive tool in a competitive labor market. We show that a government interested in improving the wellbeing of the deserving poor, while being less concerned with their undeserving counterparts, can use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011991983
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Inequality and poverty in the United States : public policies for inclusive growth
Denk, Oliver; Hagemann, Robert P.; Lenain, Patrick; … - 2013
addition, taxes and transfers contribute less to income redistribution than in other OECD countries. If well designed, reforms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767746
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Reconstructing income inequality in Italy : new evidence and tax policy implications from distributional national accounts
Guzzardi, Demetrio; Palagi, Elisa; Roventini, Andrea; … - 2022
This work reconstructs novel series on income distribution in Italy combining survey data, tax data and National Accounts both at the national and regional levels, and it analyzes the overall progressivity of the tax system. Our new Distributional National Accounts allow to correct for...
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Consumption and Redistributive Politics : The Effect of Credit and China
Kus, Basak - 2018
lessening the political urgency of redistribution …
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