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 …

In recent years, the term"middle-income trap"has entered common parlance in the development policy community. The term … issues on the so-called middle-income trap. The paper presents evidence in terms of both absolute and relative thresholds. To … get a better understanding of whether the performance of the middle-income trap has been different from other income …