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Declining tax progression and the German dual income tax : conference paper

Jenderny, Katharina - 2013 - Preliminary version

This paper analyzes the effect of the introduction of a final withholding tax on capital income on the progression of the German income tax. As previous literature shows, even with synthetic income taxation, tax progression was strongest in the middle of the income distribution, and decreased...

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The impact of redistributive policies on inequality in OECD countries

Doerrenberg, Philipp; Peichl, Andreas - 2014

Due to behavioral effects triggered by redistributional interventions, it is still an open question whether government policies are able to effectively reduce income inequality. We contribute to this research question by using different country-level data sources to study inequality trends in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238356

The tragedy (or virtue?) of in-kind redistribution : how the poor pays for the rich's status concerns

Schumacher, Jan - 2008

net cash incomes. When deciding on the size and on the structure of redistribution, the rich person decides that at least … part of the redistribution is done in-kind, even if a private substitute for the publicly provided good is available. The … when the richer cares for her status compared to a situation in which she does not. -- redistribution ; in-kind transfers …

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Income redistribution going awry : the reversal power of the concern for relative deprivation

Sorger, Gerhard; Stark, Oded - 2012

We demonstrate that a rank-preserving transfer from a richer individual to a poorer individual can exacerbate income inequality (when inequality is measured by the Gini coefficient). This happens when individuals' preferences depend negatively not only on work time (effort) but also on low...

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Income redistribution going awry : the reversal power of the concern for relative deprivation

Stark, Oded; Sorger, Gerhard - 2012

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Finance-dominated capitalism and redistribution of income : a Kaleckian perspective

Hein, Eckhard - 2013

macroeconomic performance: the distribution channel. Empirical data for the following dimensions of redistribution in the period of … bargaining power. -- finance-dominated capitalism ; distribution of income ; Kaleckian price and distribution theory …

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Dynamics of capital accumulation in the US : simulations after Piketty

De Donder, Philippe; Roemer, John E. - 2015

We calibrate a sequence of four nested models to study the dynamics of wealth accumulation. Individuals maximize a utility function whose arguments are consumption and investment. They desire to accumulate wealth for its own sake - this is not a life-cycle model. A competitive firm produces a...

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Growth and income redistribution components of changes in poverty : a decomposition analysis for Ireland, 1987 - 2005

Are, Wasiu Adekunle - 2012

This study analysed the contribution of economic growth and redistribution components to aggregate poverty changes in … changes into growth and redistribution components revealed that the growth component dominates the redistribution component in …

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Inequality, democracy, institutional quality, and fiscal redistribution

Chong, Alberto (contributor); … - 2007

redistribution and lowers institutional quality. The effect of the former is to increase productive investment, and the effect of the … redistribution, especially in non-democratic countries. -- Inequality ; institutions ; redistribution …

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You, me and the mean : a semiparametric approach to the redistributive effects of transfer programs

Garcia-Medina, B. Cecilia - 2016

I examine how changes in the receipt of social transfers benefits associated to program reforms have affected the Canadian income distribution over the 1996-2006 period. Using the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, I apply nonparametric decomposition methods to construct density...

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