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The redistributive role of government social security transfers on inequality in China
Cai, Meng; Yue, Ximing - 2017
The purpose of this work is to evaluate the redistributive role of government social security transfers on inequality in China. We attempt to answer two questions. First, does inequality of after-transfer income narrow, compared to that of before-transfer income? Second, given the scale and...
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Revisiting the impact of direct taxes and transfers on poverty and inequality in South Africa
Maboshe, Mashekwa; Woolard, Ingrid - 2018
of fiscal policy on income redistribution, and poverty in South Africa. We find, in accordance with previous research …
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Risk aversion and other factors determine income redistribution preferences
Gärtner, Manja; Mollerstrom, Johanna - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 17/18, pp. 151-156
The amount of redistribution people favor depends on socioeconomic factors and their views on fairness. This study … less redistribution, women are more in favor of redistribution than men on average, and older people favor it more than … more redistribution than people who are more prone to taking risks. The results help us understand which policies are …
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Optimal taxation under different concepts of justness
Jessen, Robin; Metzing, Maria; Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2018
A common assumption in the optimal taxation literature is that the social planner maximizes a welfarist social welfare function with weights decreasing with income. However, high transfer withdrawal rates in many countries imply very low weights for the working poor in practice. We extend the...
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Distributional impacts of climate mitigation policies : a meta-analysis
Ohlendorf, Nils; Jakob, Michael; Minx, Jan C.; … - 2018
Understanding the distributional impacts of market-based climate policies is crucial to design economically efficient climate change mitigation policies that are socially acceptable and avoid adverse impacts on the poor. Empirical studies that examine the distributional impacts of carbon pricing...
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Were we really all in it together? : the distributional effects of the 2010 - 2015 UK Coalition government's tax-benefit policy changes ; an end-of-term update
De Agostini, Paola; Hills, John R.; Sutherland, Holly - 2015
This paper examines the distributional impacts of the changes to benefits, tax credits, pensions and direct taxes between the UK Elections in May 2010 and in May 2015. It also looks ahead to the longer-term effects of changes and plans that were announced by the 2010-2015 Coalition government,...
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The redistributive effect and progressivity of taxes revisited : an international comparison across the European Union
Verbist, Gerlinde; Figari, Francesco - 2014
and redistribution through taxes. Second we hereby test whether there is a relationship between progressivity and the …
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Top incomes, rising inequality, and welfare
Lansing, Kevin J.; Markiewicz, Agnieszka - 2012
; redistribution ; welfare …
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Income inequality, redistribution and poverty : contrasting rational choice and behavioural perspectives
Luebker, Malte - 2012
inequality translates into greater redistribution by shaping the median voter's preferences. While numerous papers have tested … this proposition, the literature has remained divided over the appropriate measure for redistribution. Revisiting the … redistribution should increase in line with inequality. An empirical test based on 110 observations from the Luxembourg Income Study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537242
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Income inequality, redistribution and poverty : contrasting rational choices and behavioural perspectives
Luebker, Malte - 2012
inequality translates into greater redistribution by shaping the median voter's preferences. While numerous papers have tested … this proposition, the literature has remained divided over the appropriate measure for redistribution. Revisiting the … redistribution should increase in line with inequality. An empirical test based on 110 observations from the Luxembourg Income Study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009545458