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association of reduction of income inequality (redistribution) with subjective wellbeing. Their results provide evidence that … not only the outcome (inequality), but also the procedure (redistribution) that leads to the outcome influences subjective … positive effect of redistribution seems to be stronger for less affluent members of the societies and left-wing oriented …
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association of reduction of income inequality by governmental taxes and transfers (redistribution) with subjective well … its reduction, their results might indicate that not only the outcome (inequality), but also the procedure (redistribution … redistribution is stronger for less affluent members of the society and left-wing oriented individuals. While post …
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, and to increase incentives to work by lowering the tax burden on labour, which is especially high in Germany according to … effects of inheritances on the wealth distribution are evaluated for Germany first and are set into comparison with Austria … is applied to design an inheritance tax reform for Germany. The potential tax revenue of the reform can be estimated by …
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rich, support for redistribution in Germany is not motivated by the urge to castigate this group for their affluence …Redistribution and the welfare state have been linked by academic discourse to narratives that portray specific …. First, it provides a holistic view on the beneficiaries and benefactors of welfare and asks how the public perception of the …
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We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. In addition, we investigate whether a reduction in inequality by the state increases individual well-being. We find that Germans are...
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We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. In addition, we investigate whether a reduction in inequality by the state increases individual well-being. We find that Germans are...
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examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax …
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examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax …
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Although voter turnout in the 2013 general election to the German Bundestag differed considerably across income brackets, the income distribution of voters did not differ, in a statistically significant way, from that of the entire population. The non-uniform turnout, thus, is unlikely to affect...
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