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Measuring the redistributive capacity of tax policies

Vellutini, Charles; Benítez, Juan Carlos - 2021

This paper presents a novel technique to measure and compare the redistributive capacity of observed tax (or transfer) policies. The technique is based on income distribution simulations and controls for differences in pre-tax income distributions. It assumes that the only information on the...

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Tax Burden and Migration : A Political Economy Perspective

Tsadḳah, Efrayim - 1997

tax burden and less redistribution than no migration, even though the migrants join the pro-tax coalition …The extent of taxation and redistribution policy is generally determined at a political-economy equilibrium by a … balance between those who gain and those who lose from a more extensive tax-transfer policy. In a stylized model of migration …

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Inequality and Optimal Redistributive Tax and Transfer Policies

Zee, Howell H. - 1999

This paper explores the revenue-raising aspect of progressive taxation and derives, on the basis of a simple model, the optimal degree of tax progressivity where the tax revenue is used exclusively to finance (perfectly) targeted transfers to the poor. The paper shows that not only would it be...

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Pandemics and inequality : perceptions and preferences for redistribution

Balasundharam, Vybhavi; Dabla-Norris, Era - 2021

about the future, and attitudes about redistribution. We find that women, non-college educated, the unemployed, and those in …

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The Aging of the Population and the Size of the Welfare State

Swagel, Phillip - 2002

which addresses this seeming puzzle. We show that with democratic voting, a higher dependency ratio can lead to lower taxes …

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The Political Economy of Redistributive Social Security

Pestieau, Pierre - 1999

Population aging puts significant pressure on social security systems that are based mainly on a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) formula and determined by the political process in which both retirees and future retirees participate. This paper demonstrates that in an economic and demographic steady state,...

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On the Measurement of Horizontal Inequity

Lambert, Peter J. - 1995

This paper makes a new attack on the old problem of measuring horizontal inequity in the income tax. Local measures of inequality of posttax income among pretax equals are proposed, which reflect alternative value judgments about the nature and magnitude of an inequity. These measures are...

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Fiscal redistribution and social welfare

Coady, David P.; D'Angelo, Devin; Evans, Brooks - 2019

discussion of fiscal redistribution within the standard social welfare framework, which lends itself to a transparent and … practical evaluation of the extent and determinants of fiscal redistribution. Differences in fiscal redistribution are … determine the factors explaining differences in their fiscal redistribution and to discuss patterns in fiscal redistribution …

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Reallocating public spending to reduce income inequality : can it work?

Doumbia, Djeneba; Kinda, Tidiane - 2019

Can a government reduce income inequality by changing the composition of public spending while keeping the total level of expenditure fixed? Using newly assembled data on spending composition for 83 countries across all income groups, this paper shows that reallocating spending toward social...

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The political economy of inclusive growth : a review

Dutzler, Barbara; Johnson, Simon; Muthoora, Priscilla - 2021

on the demand and supply side have weakened redistribution over time and contributed to a new wave of populism. We …

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