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Deserving poor and the desirability of minimum wage rules

Blumḳin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - 2014

In this paper we provide a novel justification for the use of minimum wage rules to supplement the 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 rule can be...

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An empirical analysis of trade-related redistribution and the political viability of free trade

Lake, James; Millimet, Daniel L. - 2014

undermine the political viability of free trade. We show that trade-related redistribution increases the political viability of … free trade in the US. We do so by assessing the causal effect of expected redistribution associated with the US Trade …. We find that a one standard deviation increase in redistribution leads to more than a 3% point increase in the …

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Imperfect financial markets, external debt, and the cyclicality of social transfers : conference paper

Frömel, Maren - 2013 - Preliminary

This paper deals with fiscal policy over the business cycle when international financial markets are imperfect. I document evidence that government expenditure tends to be more procyclical the higher is the borrowing cost for a sovereign. Decomposing government expenditure components shows that...

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Migration and the welfare state : the economic power of the non-voter?

Börner, Kira Astrid; Übelmesser, Silke - 2005

redistribution policies. The interaction of the two effects has so far not been analyzed in isolation. We find that the direction of … and redistribution levels. …

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Biased perceptions of income inequality and redistribution

Engelhardt, Carina; Wagener, Andreas - 2014

and the extent of redistribution in democratic regimes - though such a link does not exist when objective measures of …

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Income distribution and the occupational choices of entrepreneurs

Schwenkenberg, Julia M. - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 14 (2014) 1, pp. 55-80

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The welfare state and anti-poverty policy in rich countries

Marx, Ive; Nolan, Brian; Olivera, Javier - 2014

This paper is prepared as a chapter for the Handbook of Income Distribution, Volume 2 (edited by A. B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon, Elsevier-North Holland, forthcoming). Like the other chapters in the volume (and its predecessor), the aim is to provide a comprehensive review of a particular area...

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Walk the line : conflict, state capacity and the political dynamics of reform

Jain, Sanjay; Majumdar, Sumon; Mukand, Sharun W. - 2014 - Rev.

This paper develops a dynamic framework to analyze the political sustainability of economic reforms in developing countries. First, we demonstrate that economic reforms that are proceeding successfully may run into a political impasse, with the reform's initial success having a negative impact...

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Food price inflation as redistribution : towards a new analysis of corporate power in the world food system

Baines, Joseph - In: New political economy 19 (2014) 1, pp. 79-112

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Political self-serving bias and redistribution

Deffains, Bruno; Espinosa, Romain; Thoeni, Christian - 2015

We explore the impact of the self-serving bias on the supply and demand for redistribution. We present results from an … experiment in which participants decide on redistribution after performing a real effort task. Dependent on individual … external factors. Participants take two redistribution decisions. First, they choose a supply of redistribution in a situation …

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