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The impact of federal social policies on spatial income inequalities in Germany : empirical evidence from social security data
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Schwengler, Barbara - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2009
"Almost twenty years after German reunification there are still huge income disparities between western and eastern regions in Germany. The main purpose of the paper is to show how social transfer payments reduce these inter-regional disparities. In a first step we examine inequalities in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005342793
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The impact of federal social policies on spatial income inequalities in Germany : empirical evidence from social security data
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Schwengler, Barbara - 2009
Regionen. Darüber hinaus schätzen wir die regionalen Einkommenseffekte der Arbeitslosen- und Rentenversicherung, wobei wir auf … zwischen West- und Ostdeutschland. Der Artikel soll zeigen, wie die Transferzahlungen des Staates diese Einkommensdisparitäten … nur erhebliche Einkommensunterschiede zwischen West- und Ostdeutschland gibt, sondern ebenfalls zwischen westdeutschen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874221
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Chapter 24 Selfishness, altruism and normative principles in the economic analysis of social transfers
Blanchet, Didier; Fleurbaey, Marc - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1465-1503). 2006
This chapter examines the role of altruistic motives in the economic analysis of public social transfers, both from a positive and from a normative point of view. The positive question is to know whether we can fully neglect altruistic considerations to explain the development or sustainability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023654
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The Course of Income Inequality As a Cohort Ages into Old-Age
Hungerford, Thomas L. - 2018
Several researchers have shown that income inequality of a cohort increases as the cohort ages. The various studies examining cohort income inequality use a variety of data, measures, and methods. Is the U.S. experience documented in other studies due to potential biases due to data, measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907520
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The impact of federal social policies on spatial income inequalities in Germany: Empirical evidence from social security data
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Schwengler, Barbara - 2009
Regionen. Darüber hinaus schätzen wir die regionalen Einkommenseffekte der Arbeitslosen- und Rentenversicherung, wobei wir auf … zwischen West- und Ostdeutschland. Der Artikel soll zeigen, wie die Transferzahlungen des Staates diese Einkommensdisparitäten … nur erhebliche Einkommensunterschiede zwischen West- und Ostdeutschland gibt, sondern ebenfalls zwischen westdeutschen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267193
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Can Social Protection Expenditures Cushion the Inequality Effect of Globalization?
Bergh, Andreas - 2017
This paper examines whether social expenditure cushions the effect of globalization on within-country inequality, and whether this relationship varies across OECD and non-OECD countries. Using several measures of social protection from OECD and the World Bank, we analyze separately the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950322
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Natural amenities and the spatial distribution of Swiss income
Leuba, Joséphine - 2019 - Preliminary version: August 29, 2019
The present article describes how the spatial distribution of income in Switzerland is related to natural amenities. We explore the link between inequalities in Swiss municipalities and the presence of lakes, rivers, mountains, good accessibility and green amenities. By using fiscal data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012062172
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Regional Income Distributions in France, 1960–2018
Bonnet, Florian; Sotura, Âurélie - 2021
This paper proposes homogeneous annual series on the income distribution of Frenchmetropolitan départements for the period 1960-69 and 1986-2018. We rely on unpublishedand newly digitised archives of the French Ministry of Finance. They consist of fiscaltabulations that are a summary of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013323730
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The efficiency and equity of the tax and transfer system in France
Égert, Balázs - 2013
Taxes and cash transfers reduce income inequality more in France than elsewhere in the OECD, because of the large size of the flows involved. But the system is complex overall. Its effectiveness could be enhanced in many ways, for example so as to achieve the same amount of redistribution at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767760
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The efficiency and equity of the tax and transfer system in France
Égert, Balázs - 2013
Taxes and cash transfers reduce income inequality more in France than elsewhere in the OECD, because of the large size of the flows involved. But the system is complex overall. Its effectiveness could be enhanced in many ways, for example so as to achieve the same amount of redistribution at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009734840