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Inequality and the State : Comparing U.S. And German Preferences
Corneo, Giacomo - 2021
Survey data from the United States, West Germany and East Germany are analyzed to compare individual attitudes towards … political redistribution in each country. In West Germany the homo oeconomicus effect, the social rivalry effect and the public … effect disappears. In East Germany both the second and the third effect disappear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321156
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Political Economics of Higher Education Finance
Borck, Rainald - 2009
We study voting over higher education finance in an economy with risk averse households who are heterogeneous in income. We compare four different systems and analyse voters' choices among them: A traditional subsidy scheme, a pure loan scheme, income contingent loans and graduate taxes. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155262
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Political economics of higher education finance
Borck, Rainald; Wimbersky, Martin - 2009
We study voting over higher education finance in an economy with risk averse households who are heterogeneous in income. We compare four different systems and analyse voters' choices among them: a traditional subsidy scheme, a pure loan scheme, income contingent loans and graduate taxes. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003897350
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The Political Economics of Higher Education Finance for Mobile Individuals
Borck, Rainald; Übelmesser, Silke; Wimbersky, Martin - 2021
We study voting over higher education finance in an economy with two regions and two separated labor markets. Households differ in their financial endowment and their children’s ability. Non-students are immobile. Students decide where to study; they return home after graduation with exogenous...
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Why doesn't the US have a European-style welfare system?
Alesina, Alberto; Glaeser, Edward L.; Sacerdote, Bruce - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001618482
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Why doesn't the United States have a European-style welfare state?
Alesina, Alberto; Glaeser, Edward L.; Sacerdote, Bruce - In: Brookings papers on economic activity : BPEA (2001) 2, pp. 187-254, 273-277
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Why doesn't the US have a European-style welfare state?
Alesina, Alberto (contributor);  … - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001794352
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Why Doesn't the Us Have a European-Style Welfare State?
Alesina, Alberto; Glaeser, Edward L.; Sacerdote, Bruce - 2003
European countries are much more generous to the poor relative to the US level of generosity. Economic models suggest that redistribution is a function of the variance and skewness of the pre-tax income distribution, the volatility of income (perhaps because of trade shocks), the social costs of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014123294
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Why Doesn'T the Us Have a European-Style Welfare System?
Alesina, Alberto; Glaeser, Edward L.; Sacerdote, Bruce - 2021
European countries are much more generous to the poor relative to the US level of generosity. Economic models suggest that redistribution is a function of the variance and skewness of the pre-tax income distribution, the volatility of income (perhaps because of trade shocks), the social costs of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013232887
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Why Doesn't the US Have a European-Style Welfare System?
Alesina, Alberto - 2001
European countries are much more generous to the poor relative to the US level of generosity. Economic models suggest that redistribution is a function of the variance and skewness of the pre-tax income distribution, the volatility of income (perhaps because of trade shocks), the social costs of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470194