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Income inequality and government transfers in Mexico

Lambert, Frederic; Park, Hyunmin - 2019

We analyze microdata from Mexico's survey on household income and expenditures (ENIGH) to study the evolution of income inequality in Mexico over 2004-16, identify its sources, and investigate how it was affected by government social policy. We find evidence of only a small decline in inequality...

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Tax policy and inclusive growth

Abdel-Kader, Khaled; Mooij, Ruud A. de - 2020

This paper discusses the theory and practice of tax design to achieve an efficient and equitable outcome, id est in support of inclusive growth. It starts with a discussion of the key principles from tax theory to guide practical tax design. Then, it elaborates on more granular tax policy,...

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Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? : a case study analysis

Balasubramanian, Sriram; Bounader, Lahcen; Bricco, Jana; … - 2021

Is there a one-size-fits-all approach to inclusive growth? We look at four key case studies across advanced and emerging markets-the Nordics, India, Brazil, and Egypt-to try to answer this question. We highlight qualitatively in these countries the key components of inclusive growth models,...

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Defining, Measuring and Alleviating Poverty in an Economy in Transition : The Case of Lithuania

Cornelius, Peter - 1994

The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and...

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Assessing the Impact of Structural Adjustmenton the Poor : The Case of Malawi

Brekk, Odd P. - 1991

This paper applies, through a case study on Malawi, a simple methodology indicating the first-round (i.e., price) effects of macroeconomic policies on real earnings of the poor. As the economic program in Malawi has not involved substantial exchange rate action or cuts in subsidies, the real...

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Poverty Alleviation in a Financial Programming Framework : An Integrated Approach

Chand, Sheetal K. - 1995

Poverty alleviation is typically addressed in financial programming through additive programs that target vulnerable … groups but without modifying the underlying stabilization and adjustment targets. Instead, this paper integrates the poverty … alleviation objective into the financial programming framework using a well-known poverty index. In consequence, the assessment of …

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Burkina Faso : Policies to Protect the Poor From the Impact of Food and Energy Price Increases

Adenauer, Isabell - 2011

This paper assesses the effectiveness of policies taken by the Burkinabè authorities to protect the poor from the adverse impact of a combined food and oil price shock in 2008. Estimates of the impact based on household survey data and a price pass-through model suggest that these policies were...

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Inequality, poverty, and social protection in Bulgaria

Hallaert, Jean-Jacques - 2020

Absolute poverty has dropped markedly in Bulgaria but income inequality has increased substantially in the aftermath of …

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A European minimum wage : implications for poverty and macroeconomic imbalances

Detragiache, Enrica; Ebeke, Christian; Jirasavetakul, … - 2020

A hypothetical European Minimum Wage (MW) set at 60 percent of each country's median wage would reduce in-work poverty … but have limited effects on overall poverty, as many poor households do not earn a wage near MW and higher unemployment …

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Social programs and formal employment : evidence from the Brazilian Bolsa Família Program

Fruttero, Anna; Leichsenring, Alexandre Ribeiro; Paiva, … - 2020

Employment is key to combating poverty. Thus, detractors of social assistance programs argue that they create …

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