Political preferences for redistribution in Sweden
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12836799 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Spencer Bastani (0000-0001-8683-0168, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, corresponding author), Jacob Lundberg (Ratio) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 345-367 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic Inequality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-1721 • E-ISSN: 1573-8701 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10888-017-9368-4 |
| OpenAlex | W2556662312 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 35 |
We examine preferences for redistribution inherent in Swedish tax policy during 1971–2012 using the inverse optimal tax approach. The income distribution is carefully characterized with the help of administrative register data, and we employ behavioral elasticities reflecting the perceived distortionary effects of taxation. The revealed social welfare weights are high for non-workers, small for low-income earners, and hump-shaped around the median. At the top, they are always negative, especially so during the high-tax years of the 1970s and ’80s. The weights on non-workers increased sharply in the 1970s, fell drastically in the late ’80s and early ’90s, and have since then increased
Demographic economics · Distribution (mathematics · Economics · Fell · Geography · Labour economics · Market economy · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Public good · Redistribution (election · Redistribution of income and wealth · Welfare · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |