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When measuring income inequality over long periods of time, accounting for population and productivity growth is … that the U-shaped inequality trend over the past century holds up, but with important qualifications. Using measures that …-term income inequality trends. …
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inequality through a real-world policy, rather than experimental treatments, may trigger only marginal changes in support for …
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shown that the policy recommendations would be different if only the study of inequality had been considered, since the net … income gains of the current system offset the possible improvements in inequality of the simulated alternatives. Our results …
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inequality amplifies the negative income gradient, and that the rich are no more empathetic towards children than they are …
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inequality amplifies the negative income gradient, and that the rich are no more empathetic towards children than they are …
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shown that the policy recommendations would be different if only the study of inequality had been considered, since the net … income gains of the current system offset the possible improvements in inequality of the simulated alternatives. Our results …
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We investigate how income inequality affects social welfare in a model of voluntary contributions to multiple pure … voluntarily supplied public goods; specifically, we show that not only an income inequality-raising redistribution policy but also … allowed, an inequality-raising redistribution policy is no longer effective and leaves social welfare unchanged. …
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When measuring income inequality over long periods of time, accounting for population and productivity growth is … that the U-shaped inequality trend over the past century holds up, but with important qualifications. Using measures that …-term income inequality trends. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011939792
inequality through a real-world policy, rather than experimental treatments, may trigger only marginal changes in support for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229860
This Handbook entry presents a conceptual, normative overview of the subject of taxation. It emphasizes the relationships among the main functions of taxation—notably, raising revenue, redistributing income, and correcting externalities—and the mapping between these functions and various...
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