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8. Sharing the gains from marriage 353<br />

of this reversal is due to the narrowing wage gap between men and women<br />

and part of it is due to the reduction in the female-male sex ratio over the<br />

period.<br />

8.2.4 Taxation<br />

Changes in the income distribution can also arise from a government intervention<br />

in the form of taxes and subsidies. For instance, we may consider a<br />

linear transfer scheme, such that the after tax (subsidy) income of a person<br />

with income s is κ +(1−τ) s, withκ>0 and 0

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