exemptions. Pensions are more equally distributed than income received from employment, and intra-cohort inequality does not seem … to be a more convincing explanation. What is the impact of differential taxation on the inequality between retirees and …

In most welfare analyses, especially in the literature on normative inequality measurement, it is a commonplace to … assume a direct relationship between the distribution of income and social welfare. As a result, this relationship is … formally summarized by a single function, called a reduced-form social welfare function. Hence, with reference to some transfer …

There is a long-standing controversy over the question of whether targeting social transfers towards the bottom part of … claimed that the more we target benefits at the poor, the less likely we are to reduce poverty and inequality. The basic … empirical underpinning of this claim is a strong inverse relationship at the country level between social transfer targeting and …

There is a long-standing controversy over the question of whether targeting social transfers towards the bottom part of … claimed that "the more we target benefits at the poor, the less likely we are to reduce poverty and inequality". The basic … empirical underpinning of this claim is a strong inverse relationship at the country level between social transfer targeting and …

There is a long-standing controversy over the question of whether targeting social transfers towards the bottom part of … claimed that "the more we target benefits at the poor, the less likely we are to reduce poverty and inequality". The basic … empirical underpinning of this claim is a strong inverse relationship at the country level between social transfer targeting and …