Using the 1992 Bulgarian household budget survey, the authors analyze the distribution of income and of the income tax … burden by income and expenditure class and by rural-urban sector. They find: 1) Low income inequality (although that is … changing rapidly). 2) A progressive income tax system. The poor (the lowest two-income decile) pay only 1.4 percent of their …

By all accounts, income inequality in Egypt is low and had been declining during the decade that preceded the 2011 … with a low level of income inequality. Moreover, while income inequality shows a decline between 2000 and 2009, the World … groups. This paper utilizes a range of recently developed statistical techniques to assess the true value of income …