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Does a Wealth Tax Improve Equality of Opportunity? Evidence from Norway
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Kristoffer Berg
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Series:
IMF Working Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2021: Issue 085
Language:
English
Publication Date:
19 Mar 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513574417.001
ISBN:
9781513574417
ISSN:
1018-5941
Pages:
30
Keywords:
Wealth Tax; Equality of Opportunity; Parental Wealth; Income Mobility; Inequality; Redistribution; labor income dispersion; wealth tax tax rate; counterfactual income distribution; Wages; Income; Income distribution; Capital income
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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.
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