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Fair and efficient taxation under partial control: Theory and evidence

Ooghe, Erwin; Peichl, Andreas - 2010

There is clear evidence that fairness plays a role in redistribution. Individuals want to compensate others for their … misfortune, while they allow them to enjoy the fruits of their effort. Such fairness considerations have been introduced in … based on much more information. We introduce fairness in a tax-benefit scheme that is based on several characteristics. The …

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Fair and Efficient Taxation under Partial Control: Theory and Evidence

Ooghe, Erwin; Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

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(In)Equality and (In)Justice

Jasso, Guillermina - 2016

Understanding the exact connection between inequality and justice is important because justice is classically regarded as the first line of defense against self-interest and inequality. Absent a strong and clear link between inequality and justice, the sense of justice would not awaken to exert...

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Distributive Justice and CEO Compensation

Jasso, Guillermina; Milgrom, Eva M. Meyersson - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

, based on justice theory and making use of Rossi’s factorial survey method, enables assessment of ideas of fairness in CEO …

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Theoretical Unification in Justice and Beyond

Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

The goal of scientific work is to understand more and more by less and less. In this effort, theoretical unification plays a large part. There are two main types of theoretical unification – unification of different theories of the same field of phenomena and unification of theories of...

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Studying Justice: Measurement, Estimation, and Analysis of the Actual Reward and the Just Reward

Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper describes procedures for measuring and estimating the fundamental quantities in the study of distributive justice. We examine a variety of methods for measuring the actual reward and the just reward, for both self and other, including direct and indirect methods for measuring the just...

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Deserving Poor and the Desirability of a Minimum Wage

Blumkin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - 2014

This paper provides a novel justification for using a minimum wage to supplement an optimal tax-and-transfer system. We demonstrate that if labor supply decisions are concentrated along the intensive margin and employment is efficiently rationed, a minimum wage can be socially beneficial by...

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Deserving Poor and the Desirability of a Minimum Wage

Blumkin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

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The economics of risky health behaviors

Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2011

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 Economics of Risky Health Behaviors

Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

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