Does a Wealth Tax Improve Equality of Opportunity?
“Does parental wealth inequality impact next generation labor income inequality? And does a tax on parental wealth affect the labor income distribution of the next generation? We tackle both questions empirically using detailed intergenerational data from Norway, focusing on effects on wages rather than capital income. Results suggest that a net wealth of NOK 1 million increases wages of the children by NOK 14,000. Children of wealthy parents also have a higher labor income mobility. The estimated hypothetical wage distribution without the wealth tax is more unequal. Moreover, suggestive evidence indicates parental wealth is associated with higher labor risk taking.
link to the paper: www.cesifo.org/en/publikationen/2021/working-paper/does-wealth-tax-improve-equality-opportunity”
Date:
15 June 2022, 17:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2022)
Venue:
Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Speaker:
Kristoffer Berg (Saïd Business School)
Organising department:
Department of Economics
Part of:
Postdoctoral Fellows Seminar
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Emma Heritage
