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système a des propriétés de redistribution très importantes qui sont mises clairement en évidence dans ce <I>Document de …
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areas where incomes are relatively low. While it is most common to confine measures of inequality to national borders, the … most important. Inequality in Europe has risen quite substantially since the mid 1980s. While the EU enlargement process … has contributed to this, it is not the only explanation since inequality has also increased within a “core” of 8 European …
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Indonesia has come a long way in improving its tax system over the last decade, both in terms of revenues raised and administrative efficiency. Nonetheless, the tax take is still low, given the need for more spending on infrastructure and social protection. With the exception of the natural...
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goals in re-distribution and social welfare, encourage employment, accommodate business-competitiveness concerns and … redistribution et de bien-être social, encourage la création d’emplois, réponde aux préoccupations de compétitivité des entreprises …
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The process of fiscal consolidation and the need to step up the poor long term economic performance provide an opportunity to implement tax measures to improve efficiency and rebalance the economy. As consolidation progresses, switching taxes from labour to consumption and property offers an...
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In 2008, the Czech government implemented a major overhaul of the personal income tax (PIT), replacing the previous progressive rate schedule with a single 15% rate levied on an enlarged base. This was accompanied by significant changes to the corporate income tax (CIT) and an increase in the...
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France has a track record of persistent general government deficits, partly reflecting pro-cyclical fiscal policies in upswings. This has resulted in a quadrupling of its public debt-to-GDP ratio since the 1970s to above 80% of GDP. Reducing public debt is crucial because a high level of public...
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A considerable housing boom has been a key feature of persistently large saving-investment imbalances in New Zealand over the past decade. Wealth is concentrated to a greater extent in property compared to most other OECD countries, leaving households and the banking system heavily exposed to a...
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assumptions indicate that increasing household direct taxes would reduce income inequality, while cutting transfers by the same … amount would have a larger and opposite effect on inequality. However, raising progressive labour income taxes could have … adverse effects on inequality in the long run once employment increases in response to a better incentive structure …
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Taxes and transfers reduce inequality in disposable income relative to market income. The effect varies, however …. The paper then assesses potential trade-offs and complementarities between economic growth and income redistribution … deux objectifs sont-ils compatibles ? : Partie 3. Redistribution du revenu par le biais de l'impôt et des transferts dans …
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