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Redistributive effect and the progressivity of taxesand benefits : evidence for the UK, 1977-2018
Hérault, Nicolas; Jenkins, Stephen - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012655244
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The growth of US top income inequality : a hierarchical redistribution hypothesis
Fix, Blair - 2018
What accounts for the growth of US top income inequality? This paper proposes a hierarchical redistribution hypothesis …; and (4) the "fattening" of the entire income distribution tail. This result supports the hierarchical redistribution … hypothesis. It is also consistent with the available empirical evidence on within-firm income redistribution. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880804
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Party system institutionalization and reliance on personal income tax : exploring the relationship using new data
Schiller, Armin von - International Centre for Tax and Development - 2017
This paper explores the effect of party system institutionalization on the reliance of tax systems on the personal income tax. As a first step, the paper re-examines the relationship between party system institutionalization and taxation patterns employing the recently launched Government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011597079
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The dynamics of earnings in Germany : evidence from social security records
Bönke, Timm; Giesecke, Matthias; Lüthen, Holger - 2015
This paper uncovers ongoing trends in idiosyncratic earnings volatility across generations by decomposing residual earnings auto-covariances into a permanent and a transitory component. We employ data on complete earnings life cycles for prime age men born 1935 through 1974 that covers earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373215
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The dynamics of earnings in Germany : evidence from social security records
Bönke, Timm; Giesecke, Matthias; Lüthen, Holger - 2015
This paper uncovers ongoing trends in idiosyncratic earnings volatility across generations by decomposing residual earnings auto-covariances into a permanent and a transitory component. We employ data on complete earnings life cycles forprime age men born 1935 through 1974 that covers earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373904
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The dynamics of earnings in Germany : evidence from social security records
Bönke, Timm; Giesecke, Matthias; Lüthen, Holger - 2015
This paper uncovers ongoing trends in idiosyncratic earnings volatility across generations by decomposing residual earnings auto-covariances into a permanent and a transitory component. We employ data on complete earnings life cycles for prime age men born 1935 through 1974 that covers earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316360
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The Decomposition of the Atkinson-Plotnick-Kakwani Re-Ranking Measure
Monti, Maria Giovanna - 2015
This article introduces a new matrix approach, based on pairwise income comparisons, to decompose the Atkinson-Plotnick-Kakwani re-ranking measure when income units are gathered into groups. As it is known the Atkinson-Plotnick-Kakwani re-ranking measure is defined by the difference between the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035323
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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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You, me and the mean : a semiparametric approach to the redistributive effects of transfer programs
Garcia-Medina, B. Cecilia - 2016
I examine how changes in the receipt of social transfers benefits associated to program reforms have affected the Canadian income distribution over the 1996-2006 period. Using the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, I apply nonparametric decomposition methods to construct density...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011547623
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Fiscal federalism and income inequality : an empirical analysis for Switzerland
Feld, Lars P.; Frey, Christian; Schaltegger, Christoph A.; … - 2019
This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal federalism on income inequality and redistribution. Economic theory delivers … decentralization is counteracted by the interaction with jurisdictional fragmentation. Interestingly, it is not redistribution via …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012125277