The distributional effects of government spending and taxation

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The distributional effects of government spending and taxation

edited by Dimitri B. Papadimitriou

Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Contents of Works
  • Government effects on the distribution of income : an overview / Dimitri B. Papadimitriou
  • An overall assessment of the distributional consequences of government spending and taxation in the United States, 1989 and 2000 / Edward N . Wolff and Ajit Zacharias
  • Distributional effects of defined contribution plans and individual retirement arrangements / Leonard E. Burman ... [et al.]
  • The changing impact of social security on retirement income in the United States / Barbara A. Butrica, Howard M. Iams and Karen E. Smith
  • Household incomes and redistribution in the European Union : quantifying the equalizing properties of taxes and benefits / Herwig Immervoll ... [et al.]
  • Distributional effects of evolving spending and tax policies in post-socialist Poland / Leon Podkaminer
  • The distribution of taxes and government benefits in Australia / Ann Harding, Rachel Lloyd and Neil Warren
  • Distributional effects of personal income taxation in Korea / Kwang Soo Cheong
  • Income distribution and social expenditures / Jonathan A. Schwabish, Timothy M. Smeeding and Lars Osberg
  • The generosity of the welfare state towards the elderly / Mathieu Lefèbvre and Pierre Pestieau
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Description

This book focuses on the distributional consequences of the public sector and examines and documents, theoretically and empirically, the effects of government spending and taxation on personal distribution, and includes chapters investigating the relationship between the public sector and functional distribution of national income.

Table of Contents

  • The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Government Effects on the Distribution of Income: An Overview
  • D.B.Papadimitriou PART 1: DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS OF TAXES AND GOVERNMENT SPENDING IN THE UNITED STATES An Overall Assessment of the Distributional Consequences of Government Spending and Taxation in the U.S. 1989 and 2000
  • E.N.Wolff & A.Zacharias Distributional Effects of Defined Contribution Plans and Individual Retirement Arrangements
  • L.E.Burman, W.G.Gale, M.Hall & P.R.Orszag The Changing Impact of Social Security on Retirement Income in the United States.
  • B.A.Butrica, H.M.Iams & K.E.Smith PART 2: DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES Household Incomes and Redistribution in the European Union
  • Quantifying the Equalizing Properties of Taxes and Benefits H.Immervoll, H.Levy, C.Lietz, D.Mantovani, C.O'Donoghue, H.Sutherland & G.Verbist Distributional Effects of Evolving Spending and Tax Policies in Post-Socialist Poland
  • L.Podkaminer The Distribution of Taxes and Government Benefits in Australia
  • A.Harding, R.Lloyd & N.Warren Distributional Effects of Personal Income Taxation in Korea
  • K.S.Cheong PART 3: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS Income Distribution and Social Expenditures
  • J.A.Schwabish, T.M.Smeeding & L.Osberg The Generosity of the Welfare State Towards the Elderly
  • M.Lefebvre & P.Pestieau Index

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