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Deserving poor and the desirability of minimum wage rules
Blumḳin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - 2014
In this paper we provide a novel justification for the use of minimum wage rules to supplement the 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 rule can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337632
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Income inequality and the size of government : a causal analysis
Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin - 2019
Expansion of the public sector and redistributive policies may reduce income inequality, but formal tests suffer from the problem of endogeneity of government size with respect to the distribution of income. Studying 30 European countries over the period 2004-2015, we apply instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012151150
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Income inequality and the size of government : a causal analysis
Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin - 2018
Expansion of the public sector and redistributive policies may reduce income inequality, but formal tests suffer from the problem of endogeneity of government size with respect to the distribution of income. Studying 30 European countries over the period 2004-2015, we apply instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955505
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Income Inequality and the Size of Government : A Causal Analysis
Guzi, Martin - 2019
Expansion of the public sector and redistributive policies may reduce income inequality, but formal tests suffer from the problem of endogeneity of government size with respect to the distribution of income. Studying 30 European countries over the period 2004-2015, we apply instrumental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012894558
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Labor migration and the case for flat tax
Blumḳin, Tomer; Tsadḳah, Efrayim; Shem-Tov, Yotam - 2011
to a flat (inferior) regime is not too welfare-costly, even when the extent of re-distribution is significant. Therefore … redistribution. -- flat tax ; re-distribution ; migration ; tax-competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009130229
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Chapter 5 The Economic Theory of Gift-Giving: Perfect Substitutability of Transfers and Redistribution of Wealth
Mercier Ythier, Jean - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 227-369). 2006
This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic … voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory concentrates on lump-sum voluntary transfers, individual or collective … altruistic transfers by Pareto-efficient public redistribution. The chapter is organized as follows. Section 2 presents an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023678
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Is a Flat Tax politically feasible in a grown-up Welfare State?
Schaefer, Thilo; Peichl, Andreas; Fuest, Clemens - 2007
The introduction of a flat tax is supposed to have several advantages. Administration and compliance costs are reduced, as well as incentives for tax evasion. Furthermore, positive employment and growth effects are expected. Despite these advantages, a flat rate tax is not very popular in most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297020
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Taxing children: the re-distributive role of child benefits - revisited
Blumkin, Tomer; Margalioth, Yoram; Sadka, Efraim - 2010
In this paper, we challenge the conventional wisdom that due to the negative correlation between family size and earning ability, family size can be used as a 'tagging' device, and calls for subsidizing children (via child allowances) to enhance egalitarian objectives. We show that the case for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266085
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Labor migration and the case for flat tax
Blumkin, Tomer; Sadka, Efraim; Shem-Tov, Yotam - 2011
to a flat (inferior) regime is not too welfare-costly, even when the extent of re-distribution is significant. Therefore … redistribution. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274950
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The taxation of trades in assets
Citanna, A.; Polemarchakis, H. M.; Tirelli, M. - 2001
When the asset market is incomplete, there typically exist taxes on trades in assets and a redistribution of revenue in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318989