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In this paper we focused on the flat tax impact on inequality in Romania. We compared 2005 against 2004, when we were … gains are. The inequality indicators we calculated (the Gini index, the relative mean deviation, the coeficient of variation …, the standard deviation of logarithms, the Mehran index and the Piesch index) show an increase in inequality determined by …
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In this paper we focused on the flat tax impact on inequality in Romania. We compared 2005 against 2004, when we were … gains. The inequality indicators we calculated (the Gini index, the relative mean deviation, the coeficient of variation …, the standard deviation of logarithms, the Mehran index and the Piesch index) show an increase in inequality determined by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820251
relationship between inequality and a government's ability to collect tax revenue, and also considers the possible outcome of a tax …
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exemptions. Pensions are more equally distributed than income received from employment, and intra-cohort inequality does not seem … to be a more convincing explanation. What is the impact of differential taxation on the inequality between retirees and …
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A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We …
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A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We …
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The adverse distributional effects of a flat tax are well known and have been documented by empirical research in several countries, including Belgium. Advocates of the flat tax argue, correctly, that these studies do not take into account agents’ behavioural reactions and possible feed back...
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We measure the response of household spending to the economic stimulus payments (ESPs) disbursed in mid-2008, using special questions added to the Consumer Expenditure Survey and variation arising from the randomized timing of when the payments were disbursed. We find that, on average,...
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, such a reform involves important adverse changes in income inequality, and its burden falls mostly on lower-middle income …
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). Moreover, such a reform involves important adverse changes in income inequality, and its burden falls mostly on lower …
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