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Chapter 24 Selfishness, altruism and normative principles in the economic analysis of social transfers
Blanchet, Didier; Fleurbaey, Marc - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1465-1503). 2006
additional limit to redistribution is the fact that even very altruistic agents can deliberately reduce its scope because of its …
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Chapter 23 Strong reciprocity and the welfare state
Fong, Christina M.; Bowles, Samuel; Gintis, Herbert - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1439-1464). 2006
We explore the contribution of reciprocity and other non selfish motives to the political viability of the modern welfare state. In the advanced economies, a substantial fraction of total income is regularly transferred from the better off to the less well off, with the approval of the...
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Fairness and the unselfish demand for redistribution by taxpayers and welfare recipients
Sabatini, Fabio; Ventura, Marco; Yamamura, Eiji; … - 2017
unselfish though rational demand for redistribution. This leads the well off to prefer higher taxes and the poor to reject … redistribution by individuals with high income and to a lower demand for redistribution by those with low income. …
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Distributional and welfare effects of replacing monetary benefits with iniversal basic income in Spain
Badenes Plá, Nuria; Gambau-Suelves, Borja; Navas … - 2019
This papers quantifies the redistributive effects on progressivity, poverty and welfare, that would occur if the monetary benefits currently in place in the Spanish system were to be replaced by a neutral alternative in terms of spending, granting a universal basic income (UBI) to everyone. We...
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Unequal societies in usual times, unjust societies in pandemic ones
Dosi, Giovanni; Fanti, Lucrezia; Virgillito, Maria Enrica - 2020
The explosion of the pandemic has been optimistically considered as the ''last straw that breaks the camel's back''. At the time of writing, after three months since its out- burst, we can hardly find any sign of a ''broken camel'': indeed, it could have been the opportunity to collectively...
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Gerechtigkeitsprobleme im Wohlfahrtsstaat : Besteuerung, wohlfahrtsstaatliche Transfers und die Gerechtigkeit des eigenen Erwerbseinkommens
Liebig, Stefan; Schupp, Jürgen - 2007
The article discusses the conflict of goals between fair compensation for performance and equitable support based on need in modern welfare states, which is a subject of controversy in various disciplines. It answers the question of the extent to which this policy problem of modern welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011628768
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Ökonomie des Sozialstaats
Breyer, Friedrich; Buchholz, Wolfgang - 2021 - 3., aktualisierte und überarbeitete Auflage
Gestaltungsformen. Schließlich untersuchen sie, wie der Sozialstaat reformiert werden kann. Für die 2. Auflage wurde der Text gründlich …
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Ökonomie des Sozialstaats
Breyer, Friedrich; Buchholz, Wolfgang - 2021 - 3., aktualisierte und überarbeitete Auflage
Einleitung -- Gleichheit und Gerechtigkeit -- Effizienzorientierte Begründungen für Umverteilung -- Effizienzgründe für …. Schließlich wird untersucht, wie der Sozialstaat reformiert werden kann, damit er den zukünftigen Herausforderungen, vor allem … effizienzorientierte Begründungen für Umverteilung Effizienzgründe für die Existenz einer Sozialversicherung Ökonomische Analyse der …
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Are the upwardly-mobile more Left-wing?
Clark, Andrew E.; Cotofan, Maria - 2023
It is well-known that the wealthier are more likely to have Right-leaning political preferences. We here in addition consider the role of the individual's starting position, and in particular their upward social mobility relative to their parents. In 18 waves of UK panel data, both own and...
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Gerechtigkeitsprobleme im Wohlfahrtsstaat: Besteuerung, wohlfahrtsstaatliche Transfers und die Gerechtigkeit des eigenen Erwerbseinkommens
Liebig, Stefan; Schupp, Jürgen - 2007
The article discusses the conflict of goals between fair compensation for performance and equitable support based on need in modern welfare states, which is a subject of controversy in various disciplines. It answers the question of the extent to which this policy problem of modern welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260918