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Paradoxes of social policy : welfare transfers, relative poverty, and redistribution preferences

Brady, David; Bostic, Amie - 2015

Korpi and Palme's (1998) classic "The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality" claims that universal … preferences for redistribution. We analyze rich democracies like Korpi and Palme, but we also generalize to a broader sample of … share and universalism; (2) redistribution preferences are negatively associated with low-income targeting; and (3 …

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Distributional and welfare effects of replacing monetary benefits with iniversal basic income in Spain

Badenes Plá, Nuria; Gambau-Suelves, Borja; Navas … - 2019

This papers quantifies the redistributive effects on progressivity, poverty and welfare, that would occur if the monetary benefits currently in place in the Spanish system were to be replaced by a neutral alternative in terms of spending, granting a universal basic income (UBI) to everyone. We...

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A unified perspective on efficiency, redistribution, and public policy

Kaplow, Louis - 2020

Specialized theoretical and empirical research should in principle be embedded in a unified framework that identifies the relevant interactions among different phenomena, enables an appropriate matching of policy instruments to objectives, and grounds normative analysis in individuals' utilities...

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Optimal carbon taxation and horizontal equity : a welfare theoretic approach with application to German household data

Hänsel, Martin C.; Franks, Max; Kalkuhl, Matthias; … - 2021

We develop a model of optimal carbon taxation and redistribution taking into account horizontal equity concerns by …-efficient households if and only if social inequality aversion is sufficiently high. We further find that redistribution of carbon tax …

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Aunified perspective on efficiency, redistribution, and public policy

Kaplow, Louis - In: National tax journal 73 (2020) 2, pp. 429-472

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Alternative government spending rules : effects on income inequality and welfare

Lim, Guay C.; McNelis, Paul D. - In: Macroeconomic dynamics 17 (2013) 7, pp. 1496-1518

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Should income inequality be praised? : multiple public goods provision, income distribution and social welfare

Itaya, Jun-ichi; Mizushima, Atsue - 2016

voluntarily supplied public goods; specifically, we show that not only an income inequality-raising redistribution policy but also … allowed, an inequality-raising redistribution policy is no longer effective and leaves social welfare unchanged. …

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Appropriation, human capital, and mandatory schooling

Glazer, Amihai; Grâdšṭayn, Marq - 2001

Reduced inequality in human capital may reduce approriation from the rich. They may therefore favor policies such as income transfer and mandatory schooling leads to higher incomes for boththe rich and the poor, and increases the welfare of all. Moreover, it is the optimal policy for the rich,...

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Redistribution, Vertical Equity and Welfare : An Application to Italian Data

Russo, Felice - 2011

main findings are that Italian personal income tax reforms were able to preserve the degree of redistribution …

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Welfare and Redistributive Models

Myant, Martin; Drahokoupil, Jan - 2014

redistribution were consolidated in countries with political democracy and established interest representation. They were lowest in …

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