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Fractionalization and the Size of Government
Lind, Jo Thori - 2003
fractionalization and group antagonism reduce the support for redistribution. Whereas within group inequality increases support for … redistribution, inequality between groups have the opposite effect. All these results hold even if a poor group is in majority. Using … increases and between group inequality decreases redistribution. …
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Deserving poor and the desirability of a minimum wage
Blumḳin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - 2014
This paper provides a novel justification for using a minimum wage to supplement an optimal tax-and-transfer system. We demonstrate that if labor supply decisions are concentrated along the intensive margin and employment is efficiently rationed, a minimum wage can be socially beneficial by...
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Progressing towards efficiency : the role for labor tax progression in reforming social security
Makarski, Krzysztof; Tyrowicz, Joanna; Komada, Oliwia - 2022
show that the progressive labor tax can partially substitute for the redistribution in social security, thus reducing the …
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Optimal sin taxation and market power
O'Connell, Martin; Smith, Kate - 2021
This paper studies the design of sin taxes when firms exercise market power. We outline an optimal tax framework that highlights how market power impacts the efficiency and redistributive properties of sin taxation, and quantify these effects in an application to sugar-sweetened beverage...
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Optimal carbon taxation and horizontal equity
Hänsel, Martin C.; Franks, Max; Kalkuhl, Matthias; … - 2021 - Thus version: March 11,2021
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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012485343
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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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Social image concerns and welfare take-up
Friedrichsen, Jana; König, Tobias; Schmacker, Renke - 2018
Using a laboratory experiment, we present first evidence that social image concerns causally reduce the take-up of an individually beneficial transfer. Our design manipulates the informativeness of the take-up decision by varying whether transfer eligibility is based on ability or luck, and how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011905224
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Social image concerns and welfare take-up
Friedrichsen, Jana; König, Tobias; Schmacker, Renke - 2018
Using a laboratory experiment, we present first evidence that social image concerns causally reduce the take -up of an individual ly beneficial transfer. Our design manipulates the informativeness of the take- up decision by varying whether transfer eligibility is based on ability or luck, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011884557
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Are intellectual property rights fair?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002
If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledgeintensive activities and … reduction reduces statis inefficiency. On the other hand, standard redistribution also reduces the level of R and D because it … that standard redistribution always dominates limitations to IPRs. …
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