TAX POLICY AND INCOME INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES, 1979–2007
Olivier Bargain,
Mathias Dolls,
Herwig Immervoll,
Dirk Neumann (neumannd0@gmail.com),
Andreas Peichl,
Nico Pestel and
Sebastian Siegloch
Economic Inquiry, 2015, vol. 53, issue 2, 1061-1085
Abstract:
type="main" xml:id="ecin12172-abs-0001"> 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)
Date: 2015
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