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An extended view on inequality and redistribution in the European Union : the role of indirect taxation and in-kind benefits

Christl, Michael; De Poli, Silvia; Köppl-Turyna, Monika - 2024

examined countries. While direct taxes and cash benefits are the main drivers of redistribution, in-kind benefits also play a … EU Member States. Our new, broader approach allows for more accurate assessments of redistribution and cross …

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Do welfare state taxes and transfers reduce gender income inequality? : evidence from eight European countries

Avram, Silvia; Popova, Daria - 2020

We complement the institutional literature on gender and the welfare state by examining how taxes and transfers affect the incomes of men and women. Using microsimulation and intra-household income splitting rules, we measure the differences in the level and composition of individual disposable...

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Equilibrium and convergence in income distribution : the case of 28 European countries in the recent, turbulent past (1995–2019)

Guo, Yanling; Sell, Friedrich L. - In: Central European economic journal 8 (2021) 55, pp. 95-125

The authors developed a political economy equilibrium framework for personal income distribution. In the beginning, they set up a theoretical model which was rooted in status theory. With this concept, one may explain a certain or optimal degree of inequality in society and define a steady state...

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Equilibrium and convergence in personal income distribution? : how European countries performed during a phase of huge economic turbulence (2004-2017)

Guo, Yanling; Sell, Friedrich L. - 2020 - This version: January 2020

The authors set up a political economy equilibrium framework for personal income distribution. Located in status theory, their concept is able to explain what justifies a certain or optimal degree of inequality in the society. The authors present an empirical analysis of personal income...

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Who Compares to Whom? The Anatomy of Income Comparisons in Europe

Clark, Andrew E. - 2009

redistribution. The rich compare less and are more happy than average when they do, which latter is consistent with relative income …

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Who compares to whom? : the anatomy of income comparisons in Europe

Clark, Andrew E.; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2009

redistribution. The rich compare less and are more happy than average when they do, which latter is consistent with relative income … they interact the most often. -- Income comparisons ; relative income ; reference groups ; happiness ; redistribution …

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Citizen Support for the Welfare State : Determinants of Preferences for Income Redistribution

Rehm, Philipp - 2005

This paper explores the determinants of individual level support for income redistribution by the government. It argues … that there are two sources of preference formation when it comes to redistribution. People are either in favor of income … redistribution because they are disadvantaged, or they favor redistribution as a means to insure against income shocks. The paper …

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Verteilung des sozialen Kapitals : eine makrosoziologische Analyse des European Social Survey 2002 und 2004

Jungbauer-Gans, Monika; Gross, Christiane - In: Sozialkapital : Grundlagen und Anwendungen, (pp. 211-240). 2007

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Dualized trust : risk, social trust and the welfare state

Kevins, Anthony - In: Socio-economic review 17 (2019) 4, pp. 875-897

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Reducing income inequality in Europe

Atkinson, Anthony B. - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-11

World leaders have come to recognise the challenge posed by high and rising economic inequality. This paper asks how Europe can address excessive inequality. It argues that we should learn from the lessons of history; there have been significant periods in the past when inequality fell. We can...

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