We introduce two separate datasets (The Global Consumption Dataset (GCD) and The Global Income Dataset (GID)) making … possible an unprecedented portrait of consumption and income of persons over time, within and across countries, around the … world. The current benchmark version of the dataset presents estimates of monthly real consumption and income for every …

. The present working paper uses Luxembourg Income Study Center data to explore the impact of household health payments on … poverty and child poverty estimates in five middle-income countries (India, Mexico, South Africa, Russian Federation and Peru …

consumption expenditure across countries, using widely available data on income and socio-demographic characteristics of … to consume of the top decile (around 50% of their income) and that of the bottom decile (100% of income). Second …, consumption taxes entail a significant rise in the Gini coefficient of income (between 0.01 and 0.04 point), yet of much smaller …