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and measurement of, redistribution. Amongst the themes are: the potential usefulness of apparently inefficient policy … instruments in overcoming the self-selection constraints on redistribution and limiting the damage that ill …, while there are circumstances in which redistribution may plausibly generate efficiency gains, the likelihood that some …
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Should income transfers be conditional upon personal characteristics of the potential recipients (so-called tagging … reveals to others that one is unable to fend for oneself and one´s family. In this context, tagging is always suboptimal under … a maximin criterion. With a utilitarian criterion, tagging can only be recommended if the distribution of the intensity …
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In this paper we demonstrate that supplementing the optimal non-linear income tax system with a binding maximum wage rule attains a Pareto improvement, by serving to mitigate the mimicking incentives of the high-skill individuals without entailing distortions.
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Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
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. The paper then assesses potential trade-offs and complementarities between economic growth and income redistribution … deux objectifs sont-ils compatibles ? : Partie 3. Redistribution du revenu par le biais de l'impôt et des transferts dans … croissance économique et de redistribution du revenu relatifs aux diverses possibilités de réforme des systèmes fiscaux et de …
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In several OECD countries, ongoing fiscal consolidation might have a negative impact on the static income distribution. However, this conclusion should be treated only as an approximate first step in the analysis. A full assessment of distributional effects of consolidation packages would need...
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addition, taxes and transfers contribute less to income redistribution than in other OECD countries. If well designed, reforms …
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In several OECD countries, ongoing fiscal consolidation might have a negative impact on the static income distribution. However, this conclusion should be treated only as an approximate first step in the analysis. A full assessment of distributional effects of consolidation packages would need...
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This paper analyzes the effects of information about inequality and taxes on preferences for redistribution using … problem. By contrast, we find quantitatively small effects of the treatment on views about policy and redistribution: support …
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