Relative Income, Redistribution and Well-Being
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 5241
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 5241
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In: JEBO-D-23-01479
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In: International journal of social welfare, Band 23, Heft 3, S. 262-275
ISSN: 1468-2397
In most OECD countries, the gap between rich and poor has widened over the past decades. The present study analysed whether and to what extent direct taxes and social transfers contribute to this trend. The study contributes to the literature by disentangling several parts of fiscal redistribution in a comparative setting. We used micro‐data from the Luxembourg Income Study to examine household market inequality and redistribution from transfers and taxes for 20 countries from the mid‐1980s to the mid‐2000s. The contribution of each programme was estimated using a sequential accounting budget incidence decomposition technique. We observed a sizeable increase in primary household inequality, but tax‐benefit systems have offset two thirds of the average increase in primary income inequality. The public old‐age pensions attributed 60 per cent to the increase in redistribution, while social assistance accounted for 20 per cent. Direct taxes slowed down redistribution by 16 per cent.
In: Public choice, Band 52, Heft 2, S. 187
ISSN: 0048-5829
In: Working papers. Economics and Statistics Department. OECD 11
In: Portuguese economic journal
ISSN: 1617-9838
In: Dissertations in economics 2007,3
In: The International trade journal, Band 18, Heft 2, S. 127-146
ISSN: 1521-0545
In: Public choice, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 395
ISSN: 0048-5829
In: Journal of development economics, Band 7, Heft 2, S. 175-189
ISSN: 0304-3878
In: The American economist: journal of the International Honor Society in Economics, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Band 17, Heft 2, S. 79-84
ISSN: 2328-1235
In: The review of black political economy: analyzing policy prescriptions designed to reduce inequalities, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 3-21
ISSN: 1936-4814
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