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You, me and the mean : a semiparametric approach to the redistributive effects of transfer programs

Garcia-Medina, B. Cecilia - 2016

I examine how changes in the receipt of social transfers benefits associated to program reforms have affected the Canadian income distribution over the 1996-2006 period. Using the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, I apply nonparametric decomposition methods to construct density...

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Towards equilibrium in income distribution : theoretical background and empirical evidence for European countries

Sell, Friedrich L.; Öllinger, Michael - 2015

The paper first aims at showing that personal income distribution – at least after government intervention – tends to be a stationary variable for many European countries. This finding backs earlier results achieved by Ramser (1987). Furthermore, personal incomes follow a log-normal...

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Having it all, for all : child-care subsidies and income distribution reconciled

Barigozzi, Francesca; Cremer, Helmuth; Roeder, Kerstin - 2019

We study the design of child-care policies when redistribution matters. Traditional mothers provide some informal child … redistribution across couples and efficiency are separable. Redistribution is performed via lump-sum transfers and taxes which are … care at a Pigouvian rate. However, in a second-best setting, a trade-off between efficiency and redistribution emerges. The …

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Fiscal federalism and income inequality : an empirical analysis for Switzerland

Feld, Lars P.; Frey, Christian; Schaltegger, Christoph A.; … - 2019

This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal federalism on income inequality and redistribution. Economic theory delivers … decentralization is counteracted by the interaction with jurisdictional fragmentation. Interestingly, it is not redistribution via …

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Measuring income redistribution : beyond the proportionality standard

Urban, Ivica - 2017

Traditional analyses of redistributive effects of the tax-benefit system are rooted in the concepts of relative income inequality and proportionality. This observation also applies to decompositions proposed by Kakwani (1977, 1984) and Lambert (1985) that reveal the vertical and horizontal...

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Redistribution, inequality and political participation : evidence from Mexico during the 2008 financial crisis

Justino, Patricia; Martorano, Bruno - 2016

This paper explores the relationship between a large government cash transfer programme, changes in inequality, and political participation in Mexico. The results show that increases in the coverage of the programme during the 2008 financial crisis resulted in greater individual participation in...

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Minimum wages in the presence of in-kind redistribution

Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; Moutos, Thomas - 2017

"blunt instrument" for redistribution. To delve deeper in this issue we build models in which workers are heterogeneous in … unemployment benefits). In the second model, the government engages in redistribution through the public provision of private goods …-kind redistribution, and (iii) the MW institution is politically viable only when there is a limited degree of in-kind redistribution …

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A matter of perspective : how experience shapes preferences for redistribution

Cassar, Lea; Klein, Arnd Heinrich - 2017

for redistribution beyond self-interest. Subjects generated a high or a low income either through a lottery or through an …

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Equilibrium and convergence in personal income distribution? : how European countries performed during a phase of huge economic turbulence (2004-2017)

Guo, Yanling; Sell, Friedrich L. - 2020 - This version: January 2020

The authors set up a political economy equilibrium framework for personal income distribution. Located in status theory, their concept is able to explain what justifies a certain or optimal degree of inequality in the society. The authors present an empirical analysis of personal income...

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A meritocratic origin of egalitarian behavior

Cappelen, Alexander W.; Möllerström, Johanna; Reme, … - 2019

The meritocratic fairness ideal implies that inequalities in earnings are regarded as fair only when they reflect differences in performance. Consequently, implementation of the meritocratic fairness ideal requires complete information about individual performances, but in practice, such...

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