This paper extends the previous literature on optimal redistributive taxation in the presence of externalities to a … implications for the optimal Pigouvian tax rates. In general the Pigouvian parts of taxation depend also on the externalities …

the reasons for being poor. We develop and test a theo-ry about support for redistribution in the presence of target … taxation of the rich. Survey evidence from the United States and Germany and experimental evidence on giving money to real …

standards. The workhorse models of optimal income taxation call for more redistribution as inequality rises. By contrast, living …. Rising living standards dampen by at least 25% the desired increase in redistribution due to rising inequality. …

life-cycle model, we find that redistribution by taxes and transfers off sets 54% of the inequality in lifetime earnings …

lifetime earnings risk. Based on a dynamic life-cycle model, we find that redistribution through the tax-and -transfer system … risk. Progressive taxation of annual earnings provides little insurance against lifetime earnings risk. The lifetime … insurance effects of taxation may be improved by moving to a progressive tax on lifetime earnings. Similarly, the lifetime …

lifetime earnings risk. Based on a dynamic life-cycle model, we find that redistribution through the tax-and-transfer system … risk. Progressive taxation of annual earnings provides little insurance against lifetime earnings risk. The lifetime … insurance effects of taxation may be improved by moving to a progressive tax on lifetime earnings. Similarly, the lifetime …

This paper produces a comprehensive assessment of income redistribution to the working-age population, covering OECD … countries over the last two decades. Redistribution is quantified as the relative reduction in market income inequality achieved … overall redistribution, the respective role of various categories of transfers for transfer redistribution; as well as …