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Inequality, Taxation, and Intergenerational Transmission

Research on Economic Inequality, volume 26, primarily contains papers presented at the 8th Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ) meeting. The papers cover such topics as the effect of inheritance taxation on the ""pre-distribution"" of income, and tax progressivit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bishop, John A.
Otros Autores: Rodríguez, Juan Gabriel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
Colección:Research on Economic Inequality Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Intro; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1: Inheritance Taxation: Redistribution and Predistribution; 1. Introduction; 2. Inheritance and Bequest Taxation; 3. Model; 3.1. Individual Behavior; 3.2. Government Intervention; 4. The Economy and Equilibrium; 4.1. Short Run; 4.2. Long Run; 4.3. A Special Case; 5. Redistribution and Predistribution; 6. An Illustration; 7. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: A Note on Progressive Taxation and Inequality Equivalence; 1. Introduction; 2. Notation and Preliminary Results; 2.1. Inequality Evaluations
  • A.4. Detrended VariablesA. 5. Convergence to the Steady State; A.6. Kesten Process; Chapter 4: Applying the Decomposition of the Foster and Wolfson Bipolarization Index to Earnings Functions; 1. Introduction; 2. The Matricial Representation of the Foster and Wolfson Bipolarization Index; 3. Decomposing an Absolute Measure of Bipolarization; 4. Earnings Functions and the Decomposition of the Bipolarization of Wages; 5. The Determinants of the Inequality and Bipolarization of Wages in Portugal; 6. Concluding Comments; Notes; References
  • Chapter 5: The Counting Approach to Multidimensional Food Security Measurement: The Case of Israel1. Introduction; 2. A First Approach to the Estimation of Food Insecurity in Israel: Making a Distinction between Moderate and Severe Food Insecurity; 3. A Counting Approach to Measuring Food Insecurity; 3.1. The Alkire and Foster (2011) Approach with Dichotomous Variables; 3.2. Other Counting Approaches; 3.3. Applying Different Counting Approaches to the Analysis of Food Insecurity in Israel
  • 4. The Counting Approach to Food Insecurity in Israel when a Distinction is Made, between "Basic" and "Non-Basic" Dimensions of Food Insecurity: The Methodology5. The Counting Approach to Food Insecurity in Israel, when a Distinction is Made Between "Basic" and "Non-Basic" Dimensions of Food Insecurity: Empirical Results; 6. Concluding Comments; References; Appendix 1: The Seven Commitments Put Forth by the Rome Declaration (1996) to Achieve Sustainable Food Security.