Sean F. Kennedy, Yosuke Jin, David Haugh, P. Lenain
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Abstract
This paper analyses income inequality in Ireland using a new panel dataset based on the administrative tax records of the Revenue Commissioners for Ireland. High inequality at market incomes in Ireland by international standards appears to be driven by both ends of the income distribution. An analysis of income mobility over time shows it has been low at both ends of the income distribution, though it increased at the low end once the crisis began, reflecting the sharp deterioration of the labour market. The data confirms that the tax system is highly progressive at the high end of income distribution and the welfare system provides the most significant support to lower income deciles in Ireland. The redistributive function in the tax and benefit system was enhanced during the last decade, not only because more income support was necessitated with the crisis, but also because of steeper and more progressive tax rates. This working paper relates to the 2015 OECD Economic Survey of Ireland (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-ireland. Les impots, le revenu et la mobilite economique en Irlande : Nouvelles preuves a partir des donnees des dossiers fiscaux Ce document analyse l’inegalite de revenus en Irlande a l’aide d’un dataset panel construit a la base des declarations fiscales du Revenue Commissioners de l’Irlande. La forte inegalite du revenu initial en Irlande par rapport aux normes internationales apparait etre dirigee par les deux extremites de la distribution des revenus. Une analyse de la mobilite economique (a travers de la distribution des revenus) dans le temps montre qu’elle etait faible aux deux extremites de la distribution des revenus, mais elle a accru a l’extremite inferieure de la distribution une fois la crise a commence, en refletant la forte deterioration du marche du travail. Les donnees confirment que le systeme fiscal est hautement progressif a l’extremite superieure de la distribution des revenus et le systeme de protection sociale fournit le soutien le plus important au sein de deciles de revenu inferieurs en Irlande. Le fonctionnement redistributif du systeme d’imposition et de protection sociale a ete renforce dans la derniere decennie, non seulement car la crise a necessite plus de soutien du revenu, mais aussi en raison des taux d’imposition rendus plus accentues et progressifs. Ce Document de travail se rapporte a l’Etude economique de l’OCDE de Irlande 2015 (www.oecd.org/fr/eco/etudes/etude-economique-irlande.htm).
本文使用基于爱尔兰税收专员的行政税收记录的新面板数据集分析了爱尔兰的收入不平等。按照国际标准衡量,爱尔兰市场收入的高度不平等似乎是由收入分配的两端造成的。一项对长期收入流动性的分析显示,收入分配两端的收入流动性一直很低,尽管在危机开始后,低端收入流动性有所增加,反映出劳动力市场的急剧恶化。数据证实,税收制度在收入分配的高端是高度累进的,而福利制度为爱尔兰收入较低的十分之一提供了最重要的支持。在过去十年中,税收和福利制度的再分配功能得到了加强,这不仅是因为危机需要更多的收入支助,而且还因为更陡峭和更累进的税率。本工作文件涉及2015年经合组织爱尔兰经济调查(www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-ireland)。“进口,收入和爱尔兰的流动经济”:Nouvelles在《爱尔兰财政档案》中分析了爱尔兰税收的不平等,并在《爱尔兰税收专员》的数据集面板中构建了爱尔兰财政申报的基础。收入分配的两个极端是收入分配的两个极端,而不是收入分配的两个极端。一个分析de la mobilite摘要(特拉弗斯de la分布des revenus)在le temps装饰音管它是faible辅助两肢de la des revenus分布,但是一个accru l 'extremite inferieure de la分配一次洛杉矶经济危机开始,en refletant杜拉的强项恶化马尔凯du阵痛。勒和财政数据confirment是hautement progressif一l 'extremite师范de la分布des revenus et勒和德保护sociale fournit le soutien勒加重要的非盟盛de十分位数de revenu inferieurs en Irlande。功能再分配、制度再分配、征收和保护社会、加强税收和进步、不征收和增加税收是必要的、增加税收和增加收入是必要的、增加税收和增加进步是重要的。《2015年爱尔兰经合组织经济研究报告》(www.oecd.org/fr/eco/etudes/etude-economique-irlande.htm)。
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