Data/hora: 13/06/2024 01:16:45

Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Effects of Government Policies on Income Distribution and Welfare
Autores: | Wu,   Ximing; Perloff,   Jeffrey M.; Golan,   Amos.
Data: | 2006-02-06
Ano: | 2002
Palavras-chave: | Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Resumo: | A variety of parametric and semiparametric models produce qualitatively similar estimates of government policies' effects on income distribution and welfare (as measured by the Gini, standard deviation of logarithms, relative mean deviation, coefficient of variation, and various Atkinson indexes). Taxes and the Earned Income Tax Credit are an effective way to redistribute income to the poor and raise welfare. The minimum wage lowers welfare. Social insurance programs have little effect except for Supplemental Security Income, which raises welfare. Transfer programs (AFDC/TANF and food stamps) either have no statistically significant effect or lower welfare.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

19775

http://purl.umn.edu/25031

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

University of California, Berkeley&gt;Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics&gt;CUDARE Working Papers

CUDARE Working Paper 950

Formato:

45

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