this study I aim to examine the tax system’s modification of horizontal income inequality between the six most prevalent … Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). I estimate pre- and post-fiscal income inequality measured as between-family-type Theil indices …. Using linear regression, I examine the association of the percentage change in inequality and the prevalence of family type …

Using a factor decomposition of the Gini coefficient we measure the contribution to inequality of direct monetary … State contributes directly to a very large share of inequality. Factors associated to work in the public sector - wages and … and, taken as a whole, tends to increase inequality. Redistributive mechanisms that could reverse this inequality, such as …

-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve …-led redistribution to the poor. These patterns suggest that short-run inequality shocks can be reinforced in the labor market but do not …In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government …

-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve …-led redistribution to the poor. These patterns suggest that short-run inequality shocks can be reinforced in the labor market but do not …In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government …

results are interpreted in terms of poverty and inequality statistics while closely looking into the assumptions of the … inequality decidedly compared to current levels. This effect is even stronger in the second scenario, however, it results in … unrealistically high tax rates, especially for Italy. The impact on poverty and inequality of the HNIT scheme is markedly higher for …

Redistribution across individuals in a one-year-period framework is an empirically intensely studied question. However …, a substantial share of annual redistribution might turn out to serve individual insurance in a longer perspective …, reducing the level of actual redistribution across individuals. This paper investigates to what extent long-run redistribution …