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The inheritance tax is often seen as an effective tool to reduce wealth inequality, to raise public budgets if needed … tool for fighting wealth inequality without having distorting effects for the economy. For this purpose, the distributional …
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We study beliefs about wealth inequality and preferences for wealth redistribution. For this, we conduct a large … overestimate their position reduce their aversion to inequality after learning their position, while those who underestimate their …
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Many researchers and policymakers have made strong arguments for broadening the taxes on wealth and its returns. Although the theoretical literature on (optimal) wealth taxation is growing, there exists a large void in empirical research. This paper addresses this void by analysing the...
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Does parental wealth inequality impact next generation labor income inequality? And does a tax on parental wealth …
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High levels of economic inequality may lead to lower economic growth and can have negative social and political impacts … significantly more than previously suggested. Currently, the average Gini index (a common measure) of inequality in Eastern Europe … is about 3 percentage points higher than in the rest of Europe. This rise in inequality was initially driven by …
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framework, using the Theil indicator, all available information on inequality trends between agricultural and nonagricultural … sectors and on inequality trends within each sector in European countries. Finally Section 3 throws light on the political and …
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