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Should Income Inequality Be Praised? Multiple Public Goods Provision, Income Distribution and Social Welfare

Itaya, Jun-ichi - 2017

voluntarily supplied public goods; specifically, we show that not only an income inequality-raising redistribution policy but also … allowed, an inequality-raising redistribution policy is no longer effective and leaves social welfare unchanged …

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Economic Incentives and Social Preferences : A Preference-Based Lucas Critique of Public Policy

Bowles, Samuel; Polanía Reyes, Sandra - 2021

Policies and explicit private incentives designed for self-regarding individuals sometimes are less effective or even counterproductive when they diminish altruism, ethical norms and other social preferences. Evidence from 51 experimental studies indicates that this crowding out effect is...

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Ethnic Diversity and Preferences for Redistribution

Dahlberg, Matz - 2011

to reduced support for redistribution among natives. This paper exploits a nationwide program placing refugees in … increased immigrant shares on preferences for redistribution. The results show that a larger immigrant population leads to less … support for redistribution in the form of preferred social benefit levels. This reduction in support is especially pronounced …

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Distributional Implications of Joint Tax Evasion

Nygard, Odd E. - 2016

Both buyers and sellers of goods and services may benefit from letting their economic transactions go unrecorded for tax purposes. The supplier reduces his tax burden by underreporting income, whereas the consumer gains from buying a non-taxed lower-priced product. The distributional...

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An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State: the Case of Benefit Morale

Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich - CESifo - 2009

Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say’s law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic...

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An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State : The Case of Benefit Morale

Halla, Martin - 2009

Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160043

Oil Rents Shocks and Inequality in Iran

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Krieger, Tim - 2021

We study the short and long run responses of income inequality to positive per capita oil and gas rent shocks in Iran. Using historical data from 1973 to 2012 and vector autoregression (VAR)-based impulse response functions, we find a positive and statistically significant response of income...

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Tax Avoidance, Endogenous Social Norms, and the Comparison Income Effect

Balestrino, Alessandro - 2006

avoidance as a quot;conformism gamequot;. We argue that such stigma is motivated by the desire to make redistribution more …

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Leaky Bucket in the Real World: Estimating Inequality Aversion Using Survey Data

Pirttilä, Jukka; Uusitalo, Roope - CESifo - 2007

Existing evidence of inequality aversion relies on data from class-room experiments where subjects face hypothetical questions. This paper estimates the magnitude of inequality aversion using representative survey data, with questions related to the real-economy situations the respondents face....

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Inequality and Happiness: When Perceived Social Mobility and Economic Reality do not Match

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - CESifo - 2010

of utility, and lower preferred levels of income redistribution. In societies with a low level of actual social mobility …

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