On vertically challenged and horizontal equity-anti discrimination rules vs. income taxation

Tomer Blumkin; Yoram Margalioth; Efraim Sadka

doi:10.2139/ssrn.542522

On vertically challenged and horizontal equity-anti discrimination rules vs. income taxation

Tomer Blumkin, Yoram Margalioth, Efraim Sadka

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Abstract

We consider a model of prejudice-driven discrimination, where the advantaged 'tall' discriminate against the disadvantaged 'short'. We employ an egalitarian social welfare function to compare anti-discrimination legal rules with a non-discriminatory ('height-blind') income tax.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Bonn
Publisher	Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Number of pages	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.542522
State	Published - Apr 2004

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Name	IZA Discussion Papers
No.	1125

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