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Income taxes and redistribution in the early twentieth century

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the distributive effects of personal income taxation in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. We estimate the evolution of marginal and average effective tax rates across the income distribution and calculate the corresponding indices of progressivity and ...
Sara Torregrosa‐Hetland, Oriol Sabaté
wiley   +1 more source

Religious politics and the limits of redistribution: The rise and fall of family allowances in Spain, 1926–58

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract After the Second World War, family allowances became a cornerstone of social spending in western Europe. Whilst religion is often highlighted as a driver of this policy, the role of political Catholicism remains contested, particularly in southern Europe.
Guillem Verd‐Llabrés
wiley   +1 more source

Correction to "Robust SrTiO<sub>3</sub> Passivation of Silicon Photocathode by Reduced Graphene Oxide for Solar Water Splitting". [PDF]

open access: yesACS Appl Mater Interfaces
Ho HC   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Spanish stock returns, growth, and inflation, 1900–2020

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper studies equity returns in the Madrid Stock Exchange and their connections with the macroeconomy from the emergence of a stock market around 1900 to its ‘big bang’ at the turn of the twenty‐first century. Using high‐quality data from primary sources and the methodology of the modern IBEX35 (published since 1987), we constructed an ...
Stefano Battilossi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chasing the perfida Albione: Anglo‐Italian productivity gap in the late 1930s

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents new estimates of Anglo‐Italian labour productivity levels in manufacturing in the late 1930s, derived using the standard single‐deflation approach. The findings confirm a substantial productivity gap between Italy and the United Kingdom at the aggregate level, alongside pronounced intersectoral heterogeneity.
Tancredi Salamone
wiley   +1 more source

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