The evolution of wealth inequality over half a century: The role of taxes, transfers and technology

This paper investigates the macroeconomic repercussions of this change in policy, particularly for the distributions of income, wealth and consumption.

Subjects

• Taxation.
• Income distribution
• Wealth tax
• Tax progressivity
• Wealth inequality
• Top 1%

Details

• From
  Journal of Monetary Economics, 77 (Feb. 2016) 1-25
• Language
  English
• ISSN
  0304-3932