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- Title
TAX POLICY AND INCOME INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES, 1979-2007.
- Authors
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Immervoll, Herwig; Neumann, Dirk; Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Siegloch, Sebastian
- Abstract
This paper assesses the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality over around three decades, from 1979 to 2007. It applies a new method for decomposing changes in government redistribution into (1) a direct policy effect resulting from policy changes and (2) the effects of changing market incomes. Over the period as a whole, the tax policy changes increased income inequality by pushing up the income share of high-income earners (the top 20%). ( JEL H23, H31, H53, P16)
- Subjects
OECD countries; UNITED States; FISCAL policy; INCOME inequality; UNITED States. Internal Revenue Service; TAXATION; HISTORY; ECONOMIC history
- Publication
Economic Inquiry, 2015, Vol 53, Issue 2, p1061
- ISSN
0095-2583
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ecin.12172