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Tax-benefit revealed redistributive preferences over time: Ireland 1987 - 2005

By inverting Saez (2002)'s model of optimal income taxation, we characterize the redistributive preferences of the Irish government between 1987 and 2005. The (marginal) social welfare function revealed by this approach is consistently comparable over time and show great stability despite profound changes in market incomes and important fiscal reforms over the period. Results are robust to numerous checks regarding data, income concepts and elasticities. A comparison with the UK shows marked differences reflecting the narrow political spectrum in Ireland compared to radical changes in British politics over the past 30 years. Some anomalies in the revealed social welfare function suggests introducing transfers to the working poor.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5221

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Computational Techniques; Simulation Modeling
Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
Thema
social preferences
optimal taxation
labour supply
Steuerpolitik
Sozialpolitik
Soziale Wohlfahrtsfunktion
Offenbarte Präferenzen
Optimale Besteuerung
Arbeitsangebot
Irland

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bargain, Olivier
Keane, Claire
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2010

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-201010262377
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bargain, Olivier
  • Keane, Claire
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2010

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