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Global redistribution of income
Bourguignon, François - 2006
with extending this analysis of redistribution to other forms of international factor flows-more specifically, migrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522101
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Decomposing changes in income inequality into vertical and horizontal redistribution and reranking, with applications to China and Vietnam
Wagstaff, Adam - 2005
devised to decompose the redistributive effect of a tax to analyze the extent to which vertical redistribution associated with … changing incomes over time is offset or reinforced by horizontal redistribution and re-ranking. He uses panel data from China … of horizontal redistribution and re-ranking in both China-and to a lesser extent Vietnam-more than offset pro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522640
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Distributional effects of crises : / the role of financial transfers
Halac, Marina - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523264
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Uruguay : Income Transfer Policies in Uruguay, Closing the Gaps to Increase Welfare
World Bank - 2012
Uruguay's Government is currently analyzing several reform strategies for the social sectors. These include a health reform, the introduction of a new poverty alleviation program, possible changes in pensions and unemployment insurance, and also a tax reform, that impacts the income transfer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553263
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Federative Republic of Brazil - Social Insurance and Labor Supply : Assessing Incentives and Redistribution
World Bank - 2013
system in terms of incentives and redistribution. It starts with an overview of institutional arrangements, programs, and … could 'correct' incentives by making redistribution more transparent and progressive. A behavioral life-cycle model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557874
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How do agricultural policy restrictions to global trade and welfare differ across commodities ?
Lloyd, Peter John - 2009
"For decades the world's agricultural markets have been highly distorted by national government policies, but very differently for different commodities. Hence a weighted average across countries of nominal rates of assistance or consumer tax equivalents for a product can be misleading as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394158
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Global distortions to agricultural markets : new indicators of trade and welfare impacts, 1955 to 2007
Lloyd, Peter John - 2009
"Despite recent reforms, world agricultural markets remain highly distorted by government policies. Traditional indicators of those price distortions can be poor guides to the policies' economic effects. Recent theoretical literature provides indicators of trade and welfare-reducing effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394159
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The short and longer term potential welfare impact of global commodity inflation in Tanzania
Dessus, Sébastien - 2008
"This paper uses a computable general equilibrium model to assess the welfare impact of commodity price inflation in Tanzania and possible tax policy responses in the short, medium, and long term. The results suggest that global commodity inflation since 2006 may have had a significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520999
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The elimination of Madagascar's vanilla marketing board, ten years on
Cadot, Olivier - 2006
"This paper explores how the elimination of Madagascar's Marketing Board in 1995 affected prices paid to farmers, incentives, and regional indicators of poverty and inequality. After steadily losing market share, Madagascar has been able to regain some of the lost ground since the mid-1990s....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522083
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Income diversification in Zimbabwe : welfare implications from urban and rural areas
Ersado, Lire - 2006
"The author examines, taking into account the urban-rural divides, the changes and welfare implications of income diversification in Zimbabwe following macroeconomic policy changes and droughts of the early 1990s. Data from two comparable national income, consumption and expenditure surveys in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522098