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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Effects of Government Policies on Income Distribution and Welfare
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| Autores: |
Wu, Ximing
Perloff, Jeffrey M.
Golan, Amos
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| Data: |
2006-02-06
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| Ano: |
2002
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| Palavras-chave: |
Consumer/Household Economics
Labor and Human Capital
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| 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.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
19775
http://purl.umn.edu/25031
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
University of California, Berkeley>Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics>CUDARE Working Papers
CUDARE Working Paper 950
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| Formato: |
45
application/pdf
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