Can consumption taxes reduce inequality in developing countries? This paper combines household expenditure data from 31 … allow for informal consumption and calibrates it to the data to study the effects of different tax policies on inequality …. Contrary to consensus, the findings show that consumption taxes are redistributive, lowering inequality by as much as personal …

speed up the decline in inequality levels and reduce poverty. This study presents an exhaustive and comprehensive analysis …

transfers. The findings show that the system is progressive and contributes to reductions in poverty and inequality. The Gini …

inequality. To reduce the incidence of low-quality jobs, tax policy interventions should go hand in hand with more effective …

inequality, with government expenditures in the form of in-kind transfers leading to the largest decreases. While expenditures in …