Redistribution, selection, and trade

Arbeitspapier

This paper examines the distributional effects of international trade in a general equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents and a welfare state redistributing income. The redistribution scheme is financed by a progressive income tax and gives the same absolute transfer to all individuals. Ceteris paribus, international trade leads to an increase in income per capita but also to higher income inequality on two fronts. Inter-group inequality between managers and workers increases, and intra-group inequality within the group of managers goes up as well. We show that for constant tax rates, there is an endogenous increase in the size of the welfare state that works against the increase in inequality, yet cannot offset it. The paper also sheds light on the conditions under which trade can actually lead to a Pareto improvement.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: CEPIE Working Paper ; No. 13/17

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions ; Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation ; Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes ; Business Taxes and Subsidies including sales and value-added (VAT)
• Thema: International trade ; Income inequality ; Redistribution ; Heterogeneous firms

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Kohl, Miriam
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Technische Universität Dresden, Center of Public and International Economics (CEPIE)
• (wo): Dresden
• (wann): 2017

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/168575
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-229489
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ