Income Redistribution: Tax-Financed Versus Contribution-Financed Components

摘要: Drawing on about twenty expert contributions devoted to trends in different fields of social life up 1998, the first Poverty and Wealth Report by a German government summarises observing that “social exclusion has increased distributional justice decreased”1. In his Foreword, Labour Social Affairs Minister Walter Riester comments that, light report’s findings, question fair equitable distribution needs be re-examined.2 Accordingly, response report been accompanied calls for political counter-measures. Hopes have placed an improved environment expanding employment generated economic growth “mutually stimulating improvements both supply demand side economy”.3 But there are also emphasising necessity influence directly tax transfer policies.4 As result, attention centred how existing state redistribution system actually functions.