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Working Paper 2022-597 Abstract We study attitudes towards the introduction of hypothetical new taxes to finance the cost of the

Working Paper 2021-596 Abstract We measure unfair health inequality in the UK using a novel data-driven empirical approach. We explain

Working Paper 2021-595 Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic opens up a wide range of interesting issues related, on the one hand,

Working Paper 2021-594 Abstract The median voter theory of government size argues that increased income inequality brings about greater demand

Working Paper 2021-593 Abstract Governments face a potential trade-off between provision for the growing population in retirement and the support

Working Paper 2021-592 Abstract We apply the Kakwani approach to decomposing redistributive effect into average rate, progressivity, and reranking components

Working Paper 2021-591 Abstract This paper proposes a strategy to measure economic insecurity in countries in the Global South. It

Working Paper 2021-590 Abstract This paper develops a framework for assessing the welfare effects of labor income tax changes on

Working Paper 2021-589 Abstract The paper discusses the main issues related to negative and zero incomes that are relevant for

Working Paper 2021-588 Abstract This paper examines the influence of parental and grandparental education in the transmission of human capital.

Working Paper 2021-587 Abstract The passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996 devolved responsibility