This paper reports an experiment designed to elicit social preferences over income compensation schemes, where income differences between subjects have two independent components: one due to chosen effort and the other due to random chance. These differences can be compensated through social...

In the second half of the 2010s more than 100 countries--including all large offshore financial centers--started to automatically exchange bank information with foreign tax authorities. This informational big-bang marks a break with the situation of offshore bank secrecy that prevailed before....

In this paper we explore how individual social preferences correlate with political support for redistribution. We ran an incentivized experiment with a large representative sample of the Spanish population. Our participants took six decisions that elicited their social preferences. Their...

The structure of rural household energy consumption is crucial for rural residents' living standards and quality of life, constituting an integral component of energy transition and promoting Chinese-style modernization. Meanwhile, rural human capital is a prerequisite for agricultural and rural...

In this paper, we study the impact of contractionary monetary policies on income and wealth inequality. By developing an Agent Based-Stock Flow Consistent model, we show that both the sign and magnitude of monetary policy impacts depend on the heterogeneity characterizing income sources across...

Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the effects of the 2008 financial crisis on the labor share in Turkey, by conducting a comparative analysis of various labor share measures using both micro survey and aggregate data. Design/Methodology/Approach: By adopting aggregate data- based...

The aim of this paper is to study the possible change in the individual behaviour of the Spanish taxpayers about the willingness to declare capital gains, Lock-in effect, as a consequence of variations in the marginal rate. To do this, a two stages model is proposed to analyze which variables...

Die Einkommens- und Vermögensverteilung in Deutschland wird ganz unterschiedlich beurteilt. Je nachdem, welche Indikatoren, welche Stichprobe, welche Datenbasis oder welcher Messzeitpunkt betrachtet werden, kommt es zu einer zunehmenden, stabilen oder abnehmenden Ungleichheit. Die...

Umfragen der Langzeitstudie Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP) zeigen, dass Privatpersonen ab 16 Jahren in Deutschland im Jahr 2017 fast zehn Milliarden Euro spendeten. Das Spendenvolumen ist im Vergleich zum Jahr 2009 wesentlich angestiegen. Die Höhe liegt aufgrund methodischer Vorteile der...

Using a lifecycle model of consumption, saving and portfolio choice combined with linked survey and administrative data on wealth and lifetime earnings we evaluate measures of retirement preparedness. We estimate heterogeneous discount factors for households and compare these estimates of their...