IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published as 'The Progressivity of Public Education in Greece: Empirical Findings and Policy Implications' in: Education Economics, 2015, 23(5), 596-611

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6030

Redistribution Policy and Inequality Reduction in OECD Countries: What Has Changed in Two Decades?

Herwig Immervoll, Linda Richardson

also available as OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5910

Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1978-2009: A Decomposition Approach

Olivier Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch

substantially revised version available as IZA DP 7190

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5909

Income Inequality, Mobility, and the Welfare State: A Political Economy Model

Luca Bossi, Gulcin Gumus

revised version published in: Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2013, [View]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5834

Lower and Upper Bounds of Unfair Inequality: Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US

Judith Niehues, Andreas Peichl

revised version published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2014, 43 (1), 73-99

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5699

Biased Perceptions of Income Distribution and Preferences for Redistribution: Evidence from a Survey Experiment

Guillermo Cruces, Ricardo Perez Truglia, Martin Tetaz

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 98, 100-112

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5440

Tax-Benefit Systems in Europe and the US: Between Equity and Efficiency

Olivier Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version split into 2 parts which are published in International Tax and Public Finance (also available as IZA DP 7215) and Annals of Economics and Statistics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5388

Fair and Efficient Taxation under Partial Control: Theory and Evidence

Erwin Ooghe, Andreas Peichl

revised version available as CESifo Working Paper 3518

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5378

Progressive Taxation and Tax Morale

Philipp Doerrenberg, Andreas Peichl

revised version published in: Public Choice, 2013, 155 (3), 293-316

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5375

Equality of Opportunity and Redistribution in Europe

Lina Dunnzlaff, Dirk Neumann, Judith Niehues, Andreas Peichl

revised version published in: Inequality of Opportunity: Theory and Measurement (Research on Economic Inequality, 19), Bingley, 2011, 99-129

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5332

Tacit Lobbying Agreements: An Experimental Study

Jens Großer, Ernesto Reuben, Agnieszka Tymula

published in: American Journal of Political Science, 2013, 57 (3), 582-597

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5241

Relative Income, Redistribution and Well-being

Felix FitzRoy, Michael A. Nolan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5178

Social Spending Generosity and Income Inequality: A Dynamic Panel Approach

Judith Niehues

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5090

Preferences for Redistribution and Pensions: What Can We Learn from Experiments?

Franziska Tausch, Jan Potters, Arno Riedl

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4917

Automatic Stabilizers, Economic Crisis and Income Distribution in Europe

Mathias Dolls, Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2011, 32, 227-256

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4662

Outsourcing, Public Input Provision and Policy Cooperation

Thomas Aronsson, Erkki Koskela

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4549

Redistributive Politics and Market Efficiency: An Experimental Study

Jens Großer, Ernesto Reuben

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 101, 39-52

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4529

Mother or Child? Intra-Household Redistribution under Gender-Asymmetric Altruism

Indraneel Dasgupta

published in: Journal of Globalization and Development, 2011, 2 (1), Article 2

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4520

The Redistributive Effects of Tax Benefit Systems in the Enlarged EU

Clemens Fuest, Judith Niehues, Andreas Peichl

revised version published in: Public Finance Review, 2010, 38 (4), 473-500

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4479

Eliciting Individual Preferences for Pension Reform

Yosr Abid Fourati, Cathal O'Donoghue

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4449

Demand for Redistribution, Support for the Welfare State, and Party Identification in Austria

Andreas Kuhn

revised version published in: Empirica, 2010, 37(2), 215-236

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4414

Who Compares to Whom? The Anatomy of Income Comparisons in Europe

Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik

published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (544), 573-594

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4360

In the Eye of the Beholder: Subjective Inequality Measures and the Demand for Redistribution

Andreas Kuhn

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2011, 27(4), 625-641

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4144

Self-Selection and Earnings of Emigrants from a Welfare State

Panu Poutvaara, Martin D. Munk, Martin Junge

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4120

Patriotism, Taxation and International Mobility

Salmai Qari, Kai A. Konrad, Benny Geys

published in: Public Choice, 2012, 151 (3-4), 695 - 717

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4056

Preferences for Redistribution

Alberto Alesina, Paola Giuliano

published in: Jess Benhabib, Alberto Bisin, Matthew O. Jackson (eds.): Handbook of Social Economics, Vol. 1A, The Netherlands: North-Holland 2010, pp. 93-131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3965

An Evaluation of the Tax-Transfer Treatment of Married Couples in European Countries

Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thustrup Kreiner, Nicolaj Verdelin

completely different version published as 'Optimal tax and transfer programs for couples with extensive labor supply responses' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (11-12), 1485-1500

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3804

Optimal Income Taxation with Endogenous Participation and Search Unemployment

Etienne Lehmann, Alexis Parmentier, Bruno Van der Linden

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (11-12), 1523-1537

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3694

Preferences for Childcare Policies: Theory and Evidence

Rainald Borck, Katharina Wrohlich

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2011, 27 (3), 436-454

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3527

Why Populist Democracy Promotes Market Liberalization

Pauline Grosjean, Claudia Senik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3397

War and Endogenous Democracy

Davide Ticchi, Andrea Vindigni

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3348

Electoral Rules and Politicians’ Behavior: A Micro Test

Stefano Gagliarducci, Tommaso Nannicini, Paolo Naticchioni

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2011, 3 (3), 144-174

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2748

Maximum Fee vs. Child Benefit: A Welfare Analysis of Swedish Child-Care Fee Reform

Anne Brink, Katarina Nordblom, Roger Wahlberg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2578

The Vanishing Bequest Tax: The Comparative Evolution of Bequest Taxation in Historical Perspective

Graziella Bertocchi

revised version published in: Economics and Politics, 2011, 23 (1), 107 - 131

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2312

The Social Contract with Endogenous Sentiments

Matteo Cervellati, Joan Esteban, Laurence Kranich

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 95 (9-10), 612-627

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2284

Equity and Equality

Jean-Yves Duclos

published in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2006, 39 (4), 1073-1104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2114

The Impact of Brazil's Tax-Benefit System on Inequality and Poverty

Herwig Immervoll, Horacio Levy, José Ricardo Nogueira, Cathal O'Donoghue, Rozane Bezerra de Siqueira

published in: Klasen, S. and F. Nowak-Lehmann (eds.), Poverty, Inequality, and Policy in Latin America, MIT Press, 2009

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2105

Unemployment Accounts and Employment Incentives

Alessio J. G. Brown, Mike Orszag, Dennis J. Snower

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 24 (3), 587-604

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1889

Income Taxes, Property Values and Migration

Amihai Glazer, Vesa Kanniainen, Panu Poutvaara

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (3-4), 915-923

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1824

Household Incomes and Redistribution in the European Union: Quantifying the Equalising Properties of Taxes and Benefits

Herwig Immervoll, Horacio Levy, Christine Lietz, Daniela Mantovani, Cathal O'Donoghue, Holly Sutherland, Gerlinde Verbist

published in: Papadimitriou, D.B. (ed.), The Distributional Effects of Government Spending and Taxation, Palgrave MacMillan 2006

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1810

Welfare Reform in European Countries: A Microsimulation Analysis

Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thustrup Kreiner, Emmanuel Saez

published in: Economic Journal, 2007. 118 (516), 1-44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1693

Can Democracy Educate a Society?

Hans Gersbach, Lars Siemers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1570

Minimum Wage or Negative Income Tax: Why Skilled Workers May Favor Wage Rigidities

Maya Bacache-Beauvallet, Etienne Lehmann

published as 'Minimum wage or negative income tax: why skilled workers may favor wage rigidities' in: Spanish Economic Review, 2008, 10 (1), 63-81

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1478

Education, Redistributive Taxation and Confidence

Kai A. Konrad, Amedeo Spadaro

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90(1-2), 171-188

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1404

The Political Economy of Job Protection and Income Redistribution

Bruno Amable, Donatella Gatti

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1052

Consumption Smoothing and the Structure of Labor and Credit Markets

Giuseppe Bertola, Winfried Koeniger

published in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (8), 1941-1958

IZA Discussion Paper No. 974

Are People Inequality Averse, and Do They Prefer Redistribution by the State? A Revised Version

Johannes Schwarze, Marco Härpfer

published in: Journal of Socio-Economics, 2007, 36 (2), 233-249

IZA Discussion Paper No. 917

A Note on the Redistributive Effect of Immigration

Rob Euwals, Hans Roodenburg

published in: Economics Letters, 2004, 85 (2), 241-256

IZA Discussion Paper No. 912

An Experimental Study of the POUM Hypothesis

Daniele Checchi, Antonio Filippin

published in: Research on Economic Inequality, 2004, 11, 15-136

IZA Discussion Paper No. 788

Immigrants in the UK and in West Germany – Relative Income Position, Income Portfolio, and Redistribution Effects

Felix Büchel, Joachim R. Frick

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2004, 17 (3), 553–581

IZA Discussion Paper No. 639

Are Intellectual Property Rights Unfair?

Gilles Saint-Paul

published in: Labour Economics, 2004, 11 (1), 129-144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 538

The Pension Transfer Program

Mike Orszag, Dennis J. Snower

IZA Discussion Paper No. 532

From Unemployment Benefits to Unemployment Accounts

Mike Orszag, Dennis J. Snower

IZA Discussion Paper No. 430

Are People Inequality Averse, and Do They Prefer Redistribution by the State? Evidence From German Longitudinal Data on Life Satisfaction

Johannes Schwarze, Marco Härpfer

published in: Journal of Socio-Economics, 2007, 36 (2), 233 - 249

IZA Discussion Paper No. 161

Public Employment and Redistributive Politics: Evidence from Russia’s Regions

Vladimir Gimpelson, Daniel Treisman, Galina Monusova

revised version published as 'Fiscal Games and Public Employment: A Theory with Evidence from Russia' in: World Politics, 2002, 54 (2), 145-183

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