-tax income inequality. Based on our estimates, we find a significant increase in the progressivity of the fiscal system over time …Assessing the progressivity of a fiscal system is relevant to develop a global idea on the extent of redistribution. In … this paper we assess the evolution of progressivity over time and how economic shocks and government fiscal policy affects …

tax, indirect taxes, social security contributions and social benefits. Our goal is to analyze progressivity of the fiscal … set of popular tools of studying progressivity, such as the concentration curves and Kakwani progressivity index, are used …. In addition, we propose an analytical method to decompose the total progressivity measured by the contributions of …

The paper investigates how comparisons of multivariate inequality can be made robust to varying the intensity of focus … on the share of the population that are more relatively deprived. It follows the dominance approach to making inequality … multidimensional inequality “frontier”, we are able to reconcile the literature on multivariate relative poverty and multivariate …

incomes. This paper assesses the net welfare benefit of mobility by assuming both an aversion to inequality in permanent … inequality of income across individuals. Using panel data, we find that Canada’s tax system limits significantly the … effect of taxes can reach up to 23 percent of mean income at the higher values of inequality aversion that we use. Globally …

incomes. This paper assesses the net welfare benefit of mobility by assuming both a social aversion to inequality in permanent … and on the inequality of income across individuals. Using panel data, we find that Canada’s tax system limits … income equalizing effect of taxes can reach up to 23 percent of mean income at the higher values of inequality aversion that …

or that of the change in inequality on poverty. During the last few years, there was a growing interest to perform such …