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 …

Over the past decade (2003-12), Latin America has experienced strong income growth and a notable reduction in income … of such a decline, and this paper presents evidence of stagnation in the pace of reduction of income inequality in Latin … the impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Mexico and Central America, where inequality rose after 2010 as labor income …