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The impact of Brazil's tax-benefit system on inequality and poverty

Immervoll, Herwig; Levy, Horacio; Nogueira, José … - 2006

successful in alleviating inequality and poverty. Focussing on taxes and cash transfers, this paper investigates the impact of … inequality and poverty. We present BRAHMS, a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Brazil and illustrate its use by … policy makers in emerging and developing countries in particular. -- Brazil ; inequality ; poverty ; redistribution …

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Inequalities within couples: market incomes and the role of taxes and benefits in Europe

Figari, Francesco; Immervoll, Herwig; Levy, Horacio; … - 2007

In spite of there being few elements of tax or cash benefit systems in developed countries that are any longer explicitly gender-biased in a discriminatory sense, it is well recognised that they have significant gender effects. To the extent that women earn less than men on average under...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003646721

Redistribution policy and inequality reduction in OECD countries : what has changed in two decades?

Immervoll, Herwig; Richardson, Linda - 2011

We use a range of data sources to assess if, and to what extent, government redistribution policies have slowed or accelerated the trend towards greater income disparities in the past 20-25 years. In most countries, inequality among "non-elderly" households has widened during most phases of the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488409

Partisan tax policy and income inequality in the US, 1979 - 2007

Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Immervoll, Herwig; … - 2013

We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method that allows us to disentangle the direct policy effect from the effect of changing market incomes. Over the whole period 1979-2007 the cumulative tax policy effect aggravated income inequality...

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Household incomes and redistribution in the European Union : quantifying the equalising properties of taxes and benefits

Immervoll, Herwig (contributor) - 2005

The systems of direct taxes and cash benefits in the Member States of the European Union vary considerably in size and structure. We explore their direct impacts on cross-sectional income inequality (termed "redistributive effect" for the purpose of this paper) using EUROMOD, a tax-benefit...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003226014

De-facto gaps in social protection for standard and non-standard workers : an approach for monitoring the accessibility and levels of income support

Immervoll, Herwig; Fernández, Rodrigo; Hyee, Raphaela; … - 2022

Social protection systems play a key stabilising role for individuals and societies, especially in the recent context of heightened uncertainties. Income stabilisation and related social policy objectives hinge on the extent to which social protection is accessible for those requiring support....

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How reliable are social safety nets? : value and accessibility in situations of acute economic need

Immervoll, Herwig; Hyee, Raphaela; Fernández, Rodrigo; … - 2022

Social protection systems use a range of entitlement criteria. First-tier support typically requires contributions or past employment in many countries, while safety net benefits are granted on the basis of need. In a context of volatile and uncertain labour markets, careful and continuous...

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