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Predistribution versus Redistribution: Evidence from France and the United States
American Economic Journal: Applied EconomicsWe construct series of posttax income for France over the 1900–2018 period and compare them with US series. We quantify the extent of redistribution—the reduction from pretax to posttax inequality—and estimate the contribution of redistribution in ...
Antoine Bozio +4 more
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Inequality, social mobility and redistributive preferences
Journal of Economic Behavior & OrganizationPrevious studies on preferences for redistribution have shown that even though information on inequality changes concerns about inequality, it barely changes redistributive preferences. In an online experiment, we challenge previous results by showing US
Isabel Günther, Bruno Martorano
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Labor Market Inequality of Opportunity: A Comparative Analysis of Brazil and India
Revue économiqueCet article analyse l’évolution de l’inégalité des chances (IOP) dans les revenus du travail au Brésil et en Inde entre 1990 et 2010, à l’aide d’un arbre de régression en machine learning.
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Aggregate and Intergenerational Implications of School Closures: A Quantitative Assessment
Social Science Research NetworkThis paper quantitatively investigates the medium- and long-term macroeconomic and distributional consequences of school closures through intergenerational channels.
Youngsoo Jang, Minchul Yum
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American Economic Journal: Applied EconomicsReceived wisdom holds that income rank matters for life satisfaction, but causal evidence on the nature and impact of income comparisons is limited.
Xiao-Geng Xu +5 more
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Growth and Redistribution: The Hedging Perspective
American Economic Review: InsightsWe investigate the impact of wealth redistribution on economic growth, building on Kelly’s (1956) optimal investment portfolio theory. A growth-optimal policy redistributes wealth from “lucky” overperforming individuals to underperforming ones ...
Larry Samuelson, Jakub Steiner
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Minimum Wages and the Distribution of Family Incomes
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018 There is robust evidence that higher minimum wages increase family incomes at the bottom of the distribution. The long-run (3 or more years) minimum wage elasticity of the non-elderly poverty rate with respect to the minimum wage ranges between −0.220 ...
Arindrajit Dubé
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Earnings Inequality and the Minimum Wage: Evidence from Brazil
Social Science Research Network, 2017 Increases in the minimum wage can substantially reduce earnings inequality. To demonstrate this, we combine administrative and survey data with an equilibrium model of the Brazilian labor market.
Niklas Engbom, Christian Moser
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Wealth, Marriage, and Sex Selection
American Economic Journal: Applied EconomicsTwo mechanisms have been proposed to explain sex selection in India: son preference, in which parents desire a male heir, and daughter aversion, in which dowry payments make parents worse off with girls.
G. Borker +5 more
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The Effects of Income Transparency on Well-Being: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
The American Economic Review, 2019 In 2001, Norwegian tax records became easily accessible online, allowing everyone in the country to observe the incomes of everyone else. According to the income comparisons model, this change in transparency can widen the gap in well-being between ...
Ricardo Perez-Truglia
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