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In search of a paradox of redistribution analysis of fiscal redistribution in high-income countries
Coady, David P. - 2023
The last decade has seen a sharp increase in interest in the possible existence of a Paradox of Redistribution (PoR …) whereby narrow targeting of social transfers aimed at increasing their redistributive (poverty) impact has the perverse effect …
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Chapter 10 Taxation
Kaplow, Louis - In: Handbook of law and economics : volume 1, (pp. 647-755). 2007
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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Income inequality and social preferences for redistribution and compensation differentials
Kerr, William R. - 2013
-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve …-led redistribution to the poor. These patterns suggest that short-run inequality shocks can be reinforced in the labor market but do not …In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government …
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Income inequality and social preferences for redistribution and compensation differentials
Kerr, William R. - Suomen Pankki - 2013
-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve …-led redistribution to the poor. These patterns suggest that short-run inequality shocks can be reinforced in the labor market but do not …In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government …
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Shifting tax burden to top income earners : what is the best way to reduce inequality?
Onrubia, Jorge; Picos, Fidel; Rodado, María del Carmen - 2019
reduce income inequality. Starting from Lambert and Aronson (Inequality decomposition analysis and the Gini coefficient …
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Shifting tax burden to top income earners : what is the best way to reduce inequality?
Onrubia, Jorge; Picos, Fidel; Rodado, María del Carmen - 2019
reduce income inequality. Starting from Lambert and Aronson (Inequality decomposition analysis and the Gini coefficient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110760
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Shifting tax burden to top income earners: What is the best way to reduce inequality?
Onrubia Fernández, Jorge; Picos, Fidel; Rodado, María … - 2019
reduce income inequality. Starting from Lambert and Aronson (Inequality decomposition analysis and the Gini coefficient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011991249
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Shifting tax burden to top income earners: What is the best way to reduce inequality?
Onrubia Fernández, Jorge; Picos, Fidel; Rodado, María … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 13 (2019) 2019-41, pp. 1-31
reduce income inequality. Starting from Lambert and Aronson (Inequality decomposition analysis and the Gini coefficient …
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Measuring Progressivity and Inequality
DUCLOS, Jean-Yves - Département d'Économique, Université Laval - 1995
system, the greater the degree of relative inequality aversion, the greater the progressivity index. We also discuss the link … between inequality of gross income and tax progressivity. A by-product is the derivation of a general class of inequality …A general class of progressivity indices is proposed which is consistent with the well-developed theory of the …
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Progressivity, Redistribution and Equity, with Application to the British Tax and Benefit System
DUCLOS, Jean-Yves - Département d'Économique, Université Laval - 1994
We propose a general class of indices of horizontal inequity that complements existing classes of progressivity and … inequality measures. We illustrate our results using the 1985 British tax and benefit system, highlighting the separate … contribution of individual taxes and benefits to the overall indices of progressivity, vertical equity, horizontal inequity, and …
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