Changes in Inequality in Australia and the Redistributional Impacts of Taxes and Government Benefits

This paper is concerned with trends in income inequality in Australia over recent decades and the impact of government taxes and benefits. It comprises three main sections. The first considers some of the broad changes which may have contributed to changes in the distribution of income; the second t...

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Published inMeasuring and Promoting Wellbeing p. 423
Main Author J Rob Bray
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published ANU Press 09.04.2014
Subjects
Axiology
Business
Business operations
Commerce
Development economics
Development studies
Discretionary income
Disposable income
Economic development
Economic disciplines
Economic growth
Economics
Ethics
Eudaimonism
Financial transactions
Governance
Government
Income
Income distribution
Income estimates
Income inequality
Income taxes
Microeconomics
Normative ethics
Payments
Philosophy
Political science
Social sciences
Socioeconomics
Tax benefits
Tax payments
Taxation
Taxes
Utilitarianism
Wellbeing
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Summary:This paper is concerned with trends in income inequality in Australia over recent decades and the impact of government taxes and benefits. It comprises three main sections. The first considers some of the broad changes which may have contributed to changes in the distribution of income; the second tracks shifts in the distribution of income; and the third considers the contribution of specific components of income, in particular government taxes and benefits, to the level and change in income inequality. In presenting this as a quantitative analysis the paper utilises three main sources of data – the ABS Survey of Income
ISBN:1925021319
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