 France: how taxation can increase inequalityNicolas Frémeaux and Thomas Piketty PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) from HAL Abstract: The evolution of inequality in France is specific compared with most OECD countries. Inequality only started to rise at the end of the 1990s after a period of decline during the 1970s and the 1980s. This late increase partly explains the limited effects of inequality on social, political, and cultural outcomes. However, social gradients like income or education play a considerable role for fields such as health, housing, political participation, or trust in institutions. France is also particular with regard to the role of taxation. This chapter provides evidence about the absence of progressivity in the tax system. It concludes that the reforms implemented during the past decade have contributed to the increase in income inequality. Keywords: Decline in inequality; tax progressivity; social gradients; education; health; housing; trust; France; social impacts; redistribution (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Brian Nolan; Wiemer Salverda; Daniele Checchi; Ive Marx; Abigail McKnight; István György Tóth; Herman G. van de Werfhorst. Changing Inequalities and societal impacts in rich countries, Oxford University Press, pp.248-270, 2014, ⟨10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687428.003.0011⟩ There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:pseptp:halshs-01207269 DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199687428.003.0011 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) from HAL |
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