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This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty reduction in four EU countries - the UK, Italy, Sweden and France. We use long time series (spanning four decades) to examine trends within countries over time and between...
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income redistribution and employment creation. In particular, the introduction of both a guaranteed annual income (basic …
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We formalize and estimate the dynamic marginal efficiency cost of redistribution (MECR) in the spirit of Okun’s “leaky … children growing up in households of different incomes, progressive childcare subsidies are the more efficient redistribution …
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taxation. Furthermore, from a Keynesian macroeconomic perspective redistribution may even be systematically conducive to growth … and employment. At the same time a change towards such a policy of redistribution may for some economies, particularly the …
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policies redistribute wealth between consumers and producers, and within these groups. While redistribution is seldom the focus … the redistribution effects of two major electricity policies: support schemes for renewable energy sources, and CO2 … pricing. We find that the redistribution effects of both policies are large, and they work in opposed directions: while …
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income redistribution and employment creation. In particular, the introduction of both a guaranteed annual income (basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319990
of fiscal policy on income redistribution, and poverty in South Africa. We find, in accordance with previous research …
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This paper aims to propose a social protection system that "decommodifies" labour and fulfills the properties of a Social Protection Floor satisfying revenue-neutrality. To this end, firstly, a Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme is explored. Secondly, the UBI is transformed into a Negative...
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In this paper the authors recall the history of Jubilee debt cancellations, emphasizing what their social purpose was at that time. They note that it would not be possible to copy that procedure exactly nowadays, primarily because most debt/credit relationships are intermediated via financial...
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In this paper the authors recall the history of Jubilee debt cancellations, emphasizing what their social purpose was at that time. They note that it would not be possible to copy that procedure exactly nowadays, primarily because most debt/credit relationships are intermediated via financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873351