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The median voter takes it all : preferences for redistribution and income inequality in the EU-28
Colagrossi, Marco; Karagiannis, Stelios; Raab, Roman - 2019
that support for redistribution is positively linked with the level of income inequality. The same association is found for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053557
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The potential of tax microdata for tax policy
Kennedy, Seán - 2019
This paper explores one distinctive form of the ‘big data’ of economics – individual tax record microdata – and its potential for tax policy analysis. The paper draws on OECD collaborations with Slovenia and Ireland in 2018 where tax microdata was used. Most empirical economics is based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012136005
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The tax structure of an economy in crisis : Greece 2009-2017
Leventi, Chrysa; Picos, Fidel - 2019
one of 2011 being designed to have the largest fiscal gains. The latter also strengthened redistribution and achieved the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154595
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The redistributive impact of taxes and transfers
Joumard, Isabelle; Londoño Vélez, Juliana - 2013
Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards. While most of the inequality originates from the labour market, wealth – and thus capital income – is also highly concentrated and the tax and transfer system has little...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009769634
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An empirical investigation on the drivers of income redistribution across OECD countries
Causa, Orsetta; Vindics, Anna; Akgun, Oguzhan - 2018
This paper provides an empirical investigation on the drivers of tax and transfer income redistribution to working …. The analytical approach is based on a reduced-form model of income redistribution which is estimated through cross …-country-time series regressions. The baseline model builds on the political economy literature of income redistribution and includes a set …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011914266
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Inequality and poverty in the United States : public policies for inclusive growth
Denk, Oliver; Hagemann, Robert P.; Lenain, Patrick; … - 2013
addition, taxes and transfers contribute less to income redistribution than in other OECD countries. If well designed, reforms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767746
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Strengthening social cohesion in Luxembourg : making efficiency and equity go hand in hand
Fournier, Jean-Marc; García, Clara - 2013
Luxembourg is a rich and fast-growing country. However, inequality of disposable incomes has trended up modestly over the past decades and relative poverty has risen reflecting mainly the rapid growth of high incomes. The relatively high inequality of market incomes is substantially reduced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767764
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Income inequality in the European Union
Leyen, Kaja von der - 2012
Poor growth performance over the past decades in Europe has increased concerns for rising income dispersion and social exclusion. European authorities have recently launched the Europe 2020 strategy which aims to improve social inclusion in Europe on top of already existing European regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690154
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Income, wealth and equal opportunities in Sweden
Pareliussen, Jon Kristian; André, Christophe; … - 2017
redistribution. Migrant settlement and integration need to be better coordinated and adapted to individual starting points. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011700405
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Redistribution within the tax-benefit system in Austria
Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika; Lorenz, Hanno; … - 2020
The aim of this study is to analyze redistribution within the Austrian tax-benefit system. In this work we take a … two kinds of redistribution: between the households belonging to different income groups, and between generations, taking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012216783