We suggest that stabilizing the baseline income can make low-wage workers more tolerant towards high earners. present evidence of this attitude in UK by exploiting introduction National Minimum Wage (NMW), which institutionally sets a pay reducing risk losses and providing clear reference point for British at lower end distribution. Based on data from Household Panel Survey (BHPS), we show who ...

Data from household surveys conducted between 1985 and 1990 were used in a regression model to estimate the impact that changes in household incomes have on the demand for each of 36 major foods, beverages, betelnut and tobacco within urban areas of Papua New Guinea. Locally produced crops that should be in high demand in future, if urban incomes rise, include betelnut, fresh vegetables, sweet ...

The United States far outspends Canada on health care, but the sources of additional spending are unclear. We evaluated the importance of incomes, administration, and medical interventions in this difference. Pooling various sources, we calculated medical personnel incomes, administrative expenses, and procedure volume and intensity for the United States and Canada. We found that Canada spent $...

1. Low-income preschoolers are least likely to have a mother who is married or who has a high school diploma. Nationally, 60 percent of low-income preschoolers had a mother with a high school diploma, compared to 86 percent of children in families with mid-range incomes, and 97 percent of children in families with upper-range incomes. In 1999, 57 percent of low-income preschoolers had married p...

Previous studies have shown that the optimal marginal tax rate at the bottom of the income distribution may be positive, negative, or even zero. This paper reexamines this problem in a unified framework and tries to evaluate the arguments. It turns out that the case for positive marginal tax rates is quite strong, whereas negative marginal tax rates seem to be based on a misconception.

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