Arbeitspapier
Insurance, redistribution, and the inequality of lifetime income
Individuals vary considerably in how much they earn during their lifetimes. This study examines the role of the tax-and-transfer system in mitigating such inequalities, which could otherwise lead to disparities in living standards. Utilizing a life-cycle model, we determine that taxes and transfers offset 45% of lifetime earnings inequality attributed to differences in productive abilities and education. Additionally, the system insures against 48% of lifetime earnings risk. Implementing a lifetime tax reform linking annual taxes to previous employment could improve the system's insurance capabilities, albeit at the cost of a lower employment rate.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IFS Working Papers ; No. 23/33
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
Education and Inequality
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- Thema
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Lifetime earnings
lifetime income
tax-and-transfer system
taxation
unemployment insurance
disability benefits
social assistance
inequality
redistribution
insurance
education
productive ability
risk
dynamic life-cycle models
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Haan, Peter
Kemptner, Daniel
Prowse, Victoria
Schaller, Maximilian
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
- (wo)
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London
- (wann)
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2023
- DOI
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doi:10.1920/wp.ifs.2023.3323
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Haan, Peter
- Kemptner, Daniel
- Prowse, Victoria
- Schaller, Maximilian
- Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
Entstanden
- 2023
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