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inequality for policymakers and citizens to track. …
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The paper defines the Gini index as the sum of individual contributions where individual contributions are interpreted as the degree of diversity of each individual from all other members of society. Among various possible forms of individual contributions to the Gini found in the literature, we...
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We perform the first comprehensive fiscal incidence analyses in Brazil and the US, including direct cash and food transfers, targeted housing and heating subsidies, public spending on education and health, and personal income, payroll, corporate income, property, and expenditure taxes. In both...
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disparities. Comparing polarization and inequality, we find similarities, but also some differences. Our results therefore … underscore the importance of studying polarization as distinct from traditional inequality. …
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The article analyses the joint determinants of inequality and growth with a special emphasis on public spending … inequality and growth, as more generally government expenditures seem to act counter-cyclically and inequality reducing. Also …
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We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method that allows us to …
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contribution of vehicle use items to total expenditure inequality decreases over time, thus reflecting the more and more widespread …
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contribution to global inequality of car use items, especially fuels, decreased regularly over time, reflecting the more and more …
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The relationship between inequality and redistribution is usually studied under the assumption that the government … expenditure). We study the effects of inequality on the size (and structure) of redistributive programs in both perfectly … case and that in the latter case an increase in inequality can be associated with a fall in the tax rate. We find also that …
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redistribution policy makes it possible to increase output per capita and to reduce inequality because both increase the educated …
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