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wealth and income inequality at the cost of negative effects on capital, labor, and output. Finally, these theoretical …
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Inequality of income distribution in Brazil: the contribution of pensions and of other components of per capita … inequality of the income distribution. Next, it examines the data of the last National Sample Survey of Households of Brazil … and from other components of income influence income inequality in Brazil. Finally, it examines how each of these …
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of reform brings about sizable output gains and a non-trivial increase in after-tax income inequality. But we also find …
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measurement of inequality and social welfare. In particular, we show that the more progressive a tax system, the more equal the … system, the greater the degree of relative inequality aversion, the greater the progressivity index. We also discuss the link … between inequality of gross income and tax progressivity. A by-product is the derivation of a general class of inequality …
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wealth and income inequality at the cost of negative effects on capital, labor, and output. Finally, these theoretical …
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Deutschland wird im europäischen Vergleich häufig ein überdurchschnittlich progressives Steuersystem attestiert. Die einzigartige, mehrstufige Progressionsformel der Einkommensteuer trägt ohne Zweifel zu dieser Sichtweise bei. Um ein umfassendes Bild der Progressivität eines Gesamtsystems...
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In empirical analysis, the Kakwani index is the most frequently used indicator for comparing progressivity across countries and over time. The Kakwani is often assumed to measure to what extent a policy design is targeted to the poor. It has, however, a major drawback: it is not defined for net...
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inequality measures. We illustrate our results using the 1985 British tax and benefit system, highlighting the separate … inequality reduction. …
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The German tax system is usually considered as one of the most progressive ones in Europe, especially due to its unique mathematical formula of continuously increasing marginal tax rates in the personal income tax. However, other taxes such as indirect or payroll taxes need to be considered as...
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inequality and high redistributive effect for some specific figures of transfers. The contribution from Vertical Equity (VE) is …
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