This paper studies intergenerational income mobility using register data for 630,000 Danish children and their parents …. We document substantial mobility differences across parents' income levels. Decomposing the mobility estimates shows that … for children from low income families, intergenerational income persistence is exclusively explained by parents' influence …

Recent evidence from developing countries shows that the bottom of the income distribution pays more taxes relative to … their income than the top 1%, highlighting a lack of tax progressivity in these societies. Current measures of tax … progressivity fail to indicate which part of the income distribution explains this. Following the Palma Ratio intuition, this paper …

Basic income benefits cover recipients' actual heating expenses as long as they are not unusually high. In contrast …, their electricity expenses are only covered via a lump sum at the standard rate. Thus, basic income recipients have weaker …) data, it can be seen that basic income households have higher electricity bills despite this incentive: On average, they …

Public disclosure laws on politicians' outside income aim to enhance electoral accountability, but their effects remain … show that MPs increased their outside income after public disclosure. We find suggestive evidence that the effect is driven … by right-leaning MPs. A survey among voters shows that perceptions of outside income differ by party alignment: right …