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- July 2021
- Article
Invisible Inequality Leads to Punishing the Poor and Rewarding the Rich
By: Oliver P. Hauser, Gordon T. Kraft-Todd, David Rand, Martin A. Nowak and Michael I. Norton
Four experiments examine how the lack of awareness of inequality affects behaviour towards the rich and poor. In Experiment 1, participants who became aware that wealthy individuals donated a smaller percentage of their income switched from rewarding the wealthy to... View Details
Keywords: Income Transparency; Income; Wealth; Equality and Inequality; Knowledge; Behavior; Outcome or Result; Society; Policy
Hauser, Oliver P., Gordon T. Kraft-Todd, David Rand, Martin A. Nowak, and Michael I. Norton. "Invisible Inequality Leads to Punishing the Poor and Rewarding the Rich." Behavioural Public Policy 5, no. 3 (July 2021): 333–353.
- 20 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials
Keywords: by William R. Kerr
- April 2002
- Article
Perceptions of Equity and the Distribution of Income
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Perceptions of Equity and the Distribution of Income." Journal of Labor Economics 20, no. 2 (April 2002): 249–288.
- 2019
- Working Paper
Optimal Interventions for Increasing Healthy Food Consumption Among Low Income Households
By: Retsef Levi, Elisabeth Paulson and Georgia Perakis
The federal government currently spends over $100 billion per year on policies aimed to increase fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption among low income households. These include price-, nutrition education-, and access-related interventions. Currently, the government... View Details
Keywords: Bi-level Optimization; Optimal Subsidies; Public Policy; Food Policy; Central Planner; Government Administration; Poverty; Food; Nutrition
Levi, Retsef, Elisabeth Paulson, and Georgia Perakis. "Optimal Interventions for Increasing Healthy Food Consumption Among Low Income Households." MIT Sloan Research Paper, No. 6053-19, November 2019.
- March 1993
- Teaching Note
Note on U.S. Taxation of Foreign-Source Corporate Income (TN)
By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-292-101). View Details
- November 2016 (Revised November 2016)
- Supplement
The Galaxy Dividend Income Growth Fund's Option Investment Strategies
By: W. Carl Kester
- 2001
- Article
The Uneasy Marriage of Export Incentives and the Income Tax
By: M. A. Desai
Desai, M. A. "The Uneasy Marriage of Export Incentives and the Income Tax." Tax Policy and the Economy 15 (2001).
- 2013
- Other Unpublished Work
Differential Effects of Emergent and Scheduled Incoming Surgical Patients
By: Jillian Alexandra Berry
- April 2001
- Article
Optimal Portfolio Choice for Long-Horizon Investors with Nontradable Labor Income
By: Luis M. Viceira
Viceira, Luis M. "Optimal Portfolio Choice for Long-Horizon Investors with Nontradable Labor Income." Journal of Finance 56, no. 2 (April 2001): 433–470.
- Article
What Is the Real Relationship between Income and Charitable Giving?
By: Robert McClelland and Arthur C. Brooks
McClelland, Robert, and Arthur C. Brooks. "What Is the Real Relationship between Income and Charitable Giving?" Public Finance Review 32, no. 5 (September 2004): 483–497.
- Research Summary
Business and Low Income Sectors: The Creation of Economic and Social Value
In the last three decades, innovative commercial solutions have emerged in developing nations focusing on providing effective responses to the hugely underserved needs of low-income populations, both as consumers as well as active participants in productive value... View Details
- January 25, 2021
- Blog Post
Lower Income Translates to Fewer Happy Experiences—Here Is How We Can Fix It
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz and Adam Eric Greenberg
Can money actually buy happiness? Research shows that having more money makes people evaluate their lives more favorably (what researchers call “life satisfaction”). Surprising as it may seem, whether money leads to greater life satisfaction because it makes people... View Details
Jachimowicz, Jon M., and Adam Eric Greenberg. "Lower Income Translates to Fewer Happy Experiences—Here Is How We Can Fix It." Character & Context (January 25, 2021). https://www.spsp.org/news-center/blog/jachimowicz-greenberg-wealth-happiness-inequalities.
- February 2010
- Article
The Optimal Taxation of Height: A Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution
By: N. Gregory Mankiw and Matthew C. Weinzierl
Should the income tax include a credit for short taxpayers and a surcharge for tall ones? The standard Utilitarian framework for tax analysis answers this question in the affirmative. Moreover, a plausible parameterization using data on height and wages implies a... View Details
Mankiw, N. Gregory, and Matthew C. Weinzierl. "The Optimal Taxation of Height: A Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2, no. 1 (February 2010): 155–176.
- 19 Aug 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Optimal Taxation of Height: A Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution
Keywords: by N. Gregory Mankiw & Matthew Weinzierl
- 2000
- Working Paper
The Uneasy Marriage of Export Incentives and the Income Tax
By: Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
- 2008
- Working Paper
Investable Tax Credits: The Case of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit
By: Mihir A. Desai, Dhammika Dharmapala and Monica Singhal
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) represents a novel tax expenditure program that employs "investable" tax credits to spur production of low-income rental housing. While it has grown into the largest source of new affordable housing in the U.S. and its... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Taxation; Housing; Renting or Rental; United States
Desai, Mihir A., Dhammika Dharmapala, and Monica Singhal. "Investable Tax Credits: The Case of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14149, June 2008.
- September 1983 (Revised June 1985)
- Background Note
Note on Income Recognition, Results of Operations, and Earnings per Share
Dearden, John. "Note on Income Recognition, Results of Operations, and Earnings per Share." Harvard Business School Background Note 184-038, September 1983. (Revised June 1985.)
- May 2020
- Teaching Note
Income Inequality and the CEO Pay Ratio at TJX Cos
By: Ethan Rouen
Teaching Note for HBS No. 120-063. View Details
- May 2018
- Article
The Amount and Source of Millionaires' Wealth (Moderately) Predicts Their Happiness
By: Grant Edward Donnelly, Tianyi Zheng, Emily Haisley and Michael I. Norton
Two samples of more than 4,000 millionaires reveal two primary findings. First, only at high levels of wealth—in excess of $8 million (Study 1) and $10 million (Study 2)—are wealthier millionaires happier than millionaires with lower levels of wealth, though these... View Details
Donnelly, Grant Edward, Tianyi Zheng, Emily Haisley, and Michael I. Norton. "The Amount and Source of Millionaires' Wealth (Moderately) Predicts Their Happiness." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 44, no. 5 (May 2018): 684–699.
- June 27, 2011
- Article
A Plan to Tax the Foreign Income of U.S. Companies
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "A Plan to Tax the Foreign Income of U.S. Companies." Bloomberg Businessweek (June 27, 2011).