Essays about: "Income Redistribution"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words Income Redistribution.

  1. 1. How union members’ position in the wage distribution affects income inequality in Germany : An empirical analysis of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Philipp Schönfeld; [2023]
    Keywords : Income inequality; Unions; Redistributive Preferences; Power Resource Theory; GSOEP;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the effect of union members’ position in the wage distribution on income inequality in Germany between 1998 and 2019. Specifically, data from the German Socio-Economic Panel are analyzed on two levels. READ MORE

  3. 2. The digital economy and its implications: does the OECD’s Pillar One Proposal challenge the principles of law within International and EU tax law?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Wihan Esterhuizen; [2023]
    Keywords : Tax; EU Law; OECD S Pillar One; principles of law; ability-to-pay; territoriality; state aid; transfer pricing; Arm s length principle; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Change is the only constant; yet, as we step into the brave new world of taxing the digital economy, it might seem like the need and development of principles and rules for adequate profit allocation has only begun. This thesis discusses the profit allocation rules under the Unified Approach of the OECD Pillar One Proposal Amount A in relation to three identified principles of law in international and European tax law. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Paradox of Food Waste and Food Insecurity : Exploring Donation and Redistribution of Surplus Food through a Multi-Level Perspective

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Julia Berglund; [2023]
    Keywords : Surplus food; food waste; food insecurity; donation; redistribution; systems thinking; multi-level perspective; Överskottsmat; matsvinn; matfattigdom; donation; omfördelning; systemtänk;

    Abstract : Around one million tonne of food is annually wasted in Sweden, of which 100,000 tonne of surplus foodis wasted in the retail sector. Even if redistribution of surplus food is the second most preferable optionto reduce food waste according to the food waste hierarchy, only 5% of surplus food in retail is donated. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Hidden Effects of Inflation. An Examination of Bracket Creep and its Implications for the Income Tax: Evidence for Spain (1979-1987)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Xabier Moriana Armendariz; [2023]
    Keywords : Inflation; Taxation; Microsimulation; ETI; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines the impact of inflation on the income tax in Spain from 1979 to 1987. By introducing a new approach using dynamic microsimulation and the Elasticity of Taxable Income (ETI), we analyze three dimensions of the tax: revenue, progressivity, and redistribution. READ MORE

  6. 5. Wage Rigidities, Monetary Policy and Inequality: Insights from a three-agent New Keynesian model

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Tamar Den Besten; [2022]
    Keywords : monetary policy; new keynesian models; household heterogeneity; inequality; nominal wage rigidities;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I use a three-agent New Keynesian (THRANK) dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model, which features poor-, wealthy- and non-hand-to-mouth (HtM) households. I augment the model by introducing nominal wage rigidities to account for empirical evidence regarding wages and profits. READ MORE