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The Fiscal Origins of Comparative Inequality Levels : An Empirical and Historical Investigation
Irarrázaval G.H., Andrés - 2021
income redistribution through taxes and transfers in accounting for differences in inequality across regions and historical …
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Chapter 8. Post-1970 Trends in Within-Country Inequality and Poverty : Rich and Middle-Income Countries
Morelli, Salvatore; Smeeding, Timothy; Thompson, Jeffrey - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 593-696). 2015
Like the other chapters in this volume of the Handbook of Income Distribution (and its predecessor), the aim of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive review of a particular area of research. We examine the literature on post-1970 trends in poverty and income inequality, up to 2010 or 2011...
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Inequality and Poverty in India : Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Policy Response
Arbatli, Elif C.; Coppo, Mattia; Khalil, Nasser; … - 2023
Using microdata from nationally representative household and labor force surveys, we study the impact and drivers of poverty and inequality in India during the pandemic. We have three main findings. First, India has made significant progress in reducing poverty in recent decades, but the...
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The inequality-growth relationship : an empirical reassessment
Kolev, Galina V.; Niehues, Judith - 2016 - Working paper version
Recently, some influential empirical studies found evidence in favour of a negative relationship between income inequality and economic growth, implying the conclusion that inequality reducing policies will foster economic growth. The studies have in common that they all rely on the System GMM...
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Redistribución, Desigualdad Y Crecimiento (Redistribution, Inequality, and Growth)
Ostry, Jonathan D.; Berg, Andrew; Tsangarides, … - 2014
correlated with faster and more durable growth, for a given level of redistribution. 3. Redistribution appears generally benign … on growth. Thus the combined direct and indirect effects of redistribution – including the growth effects of the … between redistribution and growth. The best available macroeconomic data do not support that conclusion …
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The distributional effects of taxes and transfers under alternative income concepts : the importance of three 'I's
Figari, Francesco; Paulus, Alari - 2013
This paper investigates how the distribution of income changes when the standard definition of disposable income is replaced by an extended income concept which takes into account the three 'I's: indirect taxes, imputed rent, and in-kind benefits. Second, it assesses how sensitive the...
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Insurance, Redistribution, and the Inequality of Lifetime Income
Haan, Peter - 2018
lifetime earnings risk. Based on a dynamic life-cycle model, we find that redistribution through the tax-and -transfer system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929083
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Insurance, Redistribution, and the Inequality of Lifetime Income
Haan, Peter - 2018
lifetime earnings risk. Based on a dynamic life-cycle model, we find that redistribution through the tax-and-transfer system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929262
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Can Information About Inequality and Social Mobility Change Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials in 11 High and Middle-Income Countries
Hoy, Christopher - 2018
the national government to address inequality through redistribution by providing them with information about inequality … preferences for redistribution are only elastic to information in some countries and in the United States both types of … information lowered support for redistribution. Secondly, in middle income countries, information about people's position in the …
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Optimal taxation when the tax burden matters
Jessen, Robin; Metzing, Maria; Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2022
Survey evidence shows that the magnitude of the tax liability plays a role in value judgements about which groups deserve tax breaks. We demonstrate that the German tax-transfer system conflicts with a welfarist inequality averse social planner. It is consistent with a planner who is averse to...
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