Inequality and Redistribution in the Netherlands
This paper combines detailed administrative records on the universe of the Dutch population with national accounts aggregates to provide a thorough description of income inequality before and after taxation and government spending. Accounting for domestic and foreign retained earnings has a substantial impact on inequality, raising the top 10% share of pre-tax national income from 29% to 31%. Overall, the tax system is regressive due to high consumption taxes and a low tax burden on capital income. The entire reduction in inequality - the top 10% income share falls to 26% - comes from governme... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | workingPaper |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
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CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
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| Schlagwörter: | Inequality / Redistribution / Taxes / transfers / Netherlands |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29193387 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | https://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/publications/519c59ad-da3d-4bd7-9d19-29bac20d9bc8 |
This paper combines detailed administrative records on the universe of the Dutch population with national accounts aggregates to provide a thorough description of income inequality before and after taxation and government spending. Accounting for domestic and foreign retained earnings has a substantial impact on inequality, raising the top 10% share of pre-tax national income from 29% to 31%. Overall, the tax system is regressive due to high consumption taxes and a low tax burden on capital income. The entire reduction in inequality - the top 10% income share falls to 26% - comes from government spending that is targeted at the bottom of the distribution.