Predistribution versus Redistribution: Evidence from France and the United States

Bozio, Antoine; Garbinti, Bertrand; Goupille-Lebret, Jonathan; Guillot, Malka; Piketty, Thomas

doi:10.1257/app.20220023

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Predistribution versus Redistribution: Evidence from France and the United States

Published in American Economic Journal Applied Economics • Mar 27, 2024

Authors:

Antoine Bozio

Bertrand Garbinti

Jonathan Goupille-Lebret

Abstract

We construct series of posttax income for France over the 1900–2018 period and compare them with US series. We quantify the extent of redistribution—the reduction from pretax to posttax inequality—and estimate the contribution of redistribution in explaining differences in posttax inequality. We fin...

Subject

Redistribution (election)

Inequality

Economics

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