Inequality aversion and the natural rate of subjective inequality

Lambert, Peter J.; Millimet, Daniel L.; Slottje, Daniel J.

doi:10.1016/s0047-2727(00)00171-7

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“…Recently, the median value of ε was estimated to 2-3 by Johansson-Stenman et al (2002), based on Swedish students' stated preferences for equality in society. Lambert et al (2003) estimated the inequality aversion for several countries and concluded that Sweden has a rather strong inequality aversion compared to other countries, also suggesting an ε > 2.…”

Section: Comparing the Reformsmentioning

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Maximum fee versus child benefit: a welfare analysis of Swedish child-care fee reform

Brink

Nordblom

Wahlberg

2007

Int Tax Public Finance

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The effects of a recent Swedish child-care fee reform are compared with those of an alternative reform, increased child benefits. The fee reform implied considerably decreased fees and was intended to increase both labor supply among parents and their economic well-being. We estimate labor supply effects using a discrete choice labor supply model, and simulate behavioral responses to the changes. We find positive, but small, effects on labor supply from reduced fees, while increased child benefits would make single mothers decrease their labor supply. On the other hand, increased child benefits would make income distribution more equal. We make a social welfare comparison and conclude that for plausible values of inequality aversion, the alternative reform would have been preferred to the implemented fee reform. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007Labor supply, Redistribution, Reform, Child care, Fees, Child benefit, H31, I38, J22,

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Section: Comparing the Reformsmentioning

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Maximum fee versus child benefit: a welfare analysis of Swedish child-care fee reform

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Wahlberg

2007

Int Tax Public Finance

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“…: "el estado debe redistribuir recursos desde los que tienen más hacia los que tienen menos"), y que usualmente aparecen en la literatura vinculadas a conceptos tales como ideologías de justicia (wegener 1999) preferencias por la distribución (almas et al 2010;Svallfors 2006; Alesina y Giuliano 2010), y tolerancia a la desigualdad (Hirschman y Rothschild 1973;Lambert, Millimet y Slottje 2003). La evidencia de esta literatura en general es ambigua, ya que algunas investigaciones sustentan la tesis de interés personal, donde los pobres demandan mayor redistribución y por tanto existiría menor legitimidad (Iversen y Rehm 2008), mientras otras investigaciones señalan que los pobres estarían dispuestos a aceptar reglas distributivas que enfatizan el esfuerzo personal en lugar de la redistribución (Kluegel 1995;Wegener, Lippl et al 2000;Mason y Kluegel 2000;Kluegel y Smith 1986).…”

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La legitimidad de las desigualdades salariales. Una aproximación multidimensional

Valenzuela¹

2012

Rev. int. sociol.

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Como un servicio a sus autores y lectores, Revista Internacional de Sociología proporciona online esta edición preliminar. El manuscrito puede sufrir alteraciones tras la edición y corrección de pruebas, antes de su publicación definitiva. Los posibles cambios no afectarán en ningún caso a la información contenida en esta hoja, ni a lo esencial del contenido del artículo. NOTE:This document is a manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our authors and readers, Revista Internacional de Sociología provides this early online--version of the manuscript. The manuscript may undergo some changes after review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Any possible change will not affect to the information provided in this cover sheet, or to the essential content of the article. LA LEGITIMIDAD DE LAS DESIGUALDADES SALARIALES Una aproximación multidimensionalThe LegiTimacy of wage inequaLiTies a multidimensional approach Juan Carlos Castillo Valenzuela jcastillo@puc.clPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile resumen el objetivo de este artículo es estudiar la legitimidad de la desigualdad salarial en contextos con distintos niveles de desigualdad económica. La pregunta que guía la investigación es: ¿cómo influye un alto nivel de desigualdad económica en la legitimidad de las desigualdades salariales? Tal pregunta requiere, en primer lugar, abordar teóricamente el concepto de legitimidad -característico de la sociología desde weber en adelante-así como también su medición empírica, para lo cual se propone un modelo multidimensional de medición de la legitimidad basado en la teoría de David Beetham. el análisis contempla la estimación empírica de este modelo mediante ecuaciones estructurales y modelos multinivel utilizando datos del Programa internacional de encuestas sociales (issP). Palabras ClaVeDesigualdad económica; Justicia distributiva; Legitimidad; Percepción de desigualdad. abstraCtThe objective of this paper is to study the legitimacy of earnings inequality in contexts with different economic inequality levels. The question guiding the research is: How do high levels of income inequality in a society influence the legitimacy of earnings inequality? Such question requires on the one hand tackling the concept of legitimacy -characteristic of sociology from Weber onwards -as well as its empirical measurement, by proposing a multidimensional model for measuring legitimacy based on the theory of David Beetham. The empirical estimation of this model is performed by structural equation and multilevel analysis using data of the International Social Survey Program (ISSP).

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“…One might wish that the model would validate a lower concern for inequality in countries where inequality is lower, but this is clearly not the case: a positive association between 1 and Atkinson (1970, p. 251) argues for higher inequality aversion in richer counties: "it might quite reasonably be argued that as the general level of income rises we are more concerned about inequality," whilst Lambert et al (2003) find a tendency for inequality aversion and inequality to move in opposite directions between countries "…the inference that relatively inequality averse countries have lower levels of objective inequality appears robust" (see also Harvey, 2005, on this …”

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Positional Equity and Equal Sacrifice: Design Principles for an EU-Wide Income Tax?

Lambert

2011

Studies in Choice and Welfare

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Conditions are explored under which a putative EU-wide layer of income tax, additional to the national income taxes of the Member States, would: (a) be horizontally equitable, taking the equals in different EU counties to be those at the same percentile points in the country-specific income distributions, assuming these to differ in logarithms by location and scale only; (b) satisfy an extended equity criterion, that of equal progression among equals; and (c) engender equal sacrifices from the citizens of each country in terms of rank-dependent and utilitarian social evaluation functions. Numerical simulations are undertaken to explore the form that such an EU-wide income tax would take and the properties it would have.

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Inequality aversion and the natural rate of subjective inequality

Cited by 48 publications

References 33 publications

Maximum fee versus child benefit: a welfare analysis of Swedish child-care fee reform

Maximum fee versus child benefit: a welfare analysis of Swedish child-care fee reform

La legitimidad de las desigualdades salariales. Una aproximación multidimensional

Positional Equity and Equal Sacrifice: Design Principles for an EU-Wide Income Tax?

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