We model high income earners as sellers of quality services in a competitive assignment framework. Sellers (high income earners) are differentiated by ability; buyers by their taste for the service. There is assortative matching of buyers and sellers. We show that conventional optimal tax formulas are modified both by a social concern for buyers and an altered mapping of the talent into the inc...

We study the effects of corporate taxes on income inequality. Using state as a setting, we provide evidence that tax cuts lead to increases in This result is robust across regression, matching, and synthetic controls approaches, controlling for host potential confounders. use Statistics Income data from Internal Revenue Service explore mechanisms behind this result. find higher both top bottom ...

there is a consensus among housing experts and policy makers that there are not enough resources for government alone to address growing urban housing challenges in many developing countries. consequently, a paradigm shift from government provision to partnerships between the public and private sectors is advocated. this study examined the prospects and challenges of public-private partnerships...

T his paper studies top income shares in Iran, using 26 Household Expenditure and Income Surveys conducted by the Statistical Center of Iran over the period 1985-2015. It is shown that after the imposed Iran-Iraq war, top income groups were raising their real income and income share by 2006; however, both their share and real income fell immediately after 2006 such that the numbers a...

Labour income taxation is a central policy topic because labour income makes up the majority of national income and most taxes are in the end taxes on labour. In order to quantify how behavioural responses of labour income earners a ect tax revenue, the Swedish Labour Income Microsimulation Model (SLIMM) is constructed and used to evaluate tax reforms. The model simulates taxable income respons...

There is a consensus among housing experts and policy makers that there are not enough resources for government alone to address growing urban housing challenges in many developing countries. Consequently, a paradigm shift from government provision to partnerships between the public and private sectors is advocated. This study examined the prospects and challenges of Public-Private Partnerships...

BACKGROUND Dental insurance and income are positively associated with regular dental visiting. Higher income earners face fewer financial barriers to dental care, while dental insurance provides partial reimbursement. The aim was to explore whether household income has an effect on the relationship between insurance and visiting. METHODS A random sample of adults aged 30-61 years living in Au...

The issue of retiree income is important in a time of proposed Social Security reform. In 1996, for example, the shares of aggregate income for those aged 65 or older were, on average, 40.3 percent from Social Security, 18.5 percent from employer pensions, 20 percent from employment, and 21.1 percent from assets and other forms of income. Integration of pension income with Social Security incom...