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Educational inequality and public policy preferences : evidence from representative survey experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
strongly increases concerns about educational inequality but only slightly affects support for equity-oriented education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011905178
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Educational inequality and public policy preferences : evidence from representative survey experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
strongly increases concerns about educational inequality but only slightly affects support for equity-oriented education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891763
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Educational inequality and public policy preferences : evidence from representative survey experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
strongly increases concerns about educational inequality but only slightly affects support for equity-oriented education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011895602
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Welfare evaluation of the 1986 tax reform for married couples in the United States
Picchio, Matteo; Valletta, Giacomo - 2015
This paper evaluates the welfare effects of the 1986 Tax Reform Act (TRA86). In thirty years since its introduction, several studies have analysed the effects of TRA86. However, preference heterogeneity and non-market dimensions of welfare have not been taken into account. We propose an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346578
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Welfare Evaluation of the 1986 Tax Reform for Married Couples in the United States
Picchio, Matteo - 2015
This paper evaluates the welfare effects of the 1986 Tax Reform Act (TRA86). In thirty years since its introduction, several studies have analysed the effects of TRA86. However, preference heterogeneity and non-market dimensions of welfare have not been taken into account. We propose an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013966
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The Distribution of U.S. Agricultural Subsidies
Kirwan, Barrett E. - 2015
This paper examines the equity effects of one of the largest per-recipient income transfer programs in the Unites States: the U.S. agricultural subsidy program. The paper demonstrates the complexity of the program's effect on equity and the unintended rent-seeking behavior induced by policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012707643
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Reform Options for the Estate Tax System : Targeting Unearned Income, Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
Batchelder, Lily L. - 2010
This testimony makes three main points. First, inheritances tend to exacerbate existing economic disparities and may be the most important barrier to intergenerational economic mobility. These tendencies are most pronounced at the top of the income distribution. While inherited income is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014045314
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Die Entwicklung sozialer Ungleichheit und ihre politischen Implikationen in den USA
Komlos, John; Schubert, Hermann - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 99 (2019) 3, pp. 216-223
Donald Trump gewann 2016 die Präsidentschaftswahlen, nachdem schon seit der Regierungszeit Ronald Reagans die oberen Einkommensschichten begünstigt worden waren. Der technische Fortschritt und die Globalisierung führten zu einem Wandel der Wirtschaftsstruktur zulasten der Mittel- und die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011995346
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The role of information for public preferences on education - evidence from representative survey experiments
Werner, Katharina - 2019
The aim of this doctoral project is an empirical analysis of questions concerning economics of education, in particular … education policy. The first key aspect is the relationship between public opinion and the level of information of the population … on state spending for different areas of education. This research shows that providing respondents with the information …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011966937
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Education and crime over the life cycle
Fella, Giulio; Gallipoli, Giovanni - 2008
In this paper we ask whether policies targeting a reduction in crime rates through changes in education outcomes can be … alternative policies. We develop an overlapping generation, life-cycle model with endogenous education and crime choices …. Education and crime depend on different dimensions of heterogeneity, which takes the form of differences in innate ability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280784