Inequality , redistribution , social expenditure , progressive taxation
Abstract:
Due to behavioral effects triggered by redistributional interventions, it is still
an open question whether government policies are able to effectively reduce
income inequality. We contribute to this research question by using different
country-level data sources to study inequality trends in OECD countries
since 1980. We first investigate the development of inequality over time before
analyzing the question of whether governments can effectively reduce inequality.
Different identifcation strategies, using fixed effects and instrumental
variables models, provide some evidence that governments are capable of reducing
income inequality despite countervailing behavioral responses. The
effect is stronger for social expenditure policies than for progressive taxation.
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