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This paper discusses how the structure of the tax system affects its progressivity. It suggests a measure of progressive capacity of tax systems, based on the Kakwani index, but independent of pre-tax income distributions. Using this and other progressivity measures, the paper (i) documents a...
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This paper discusses the definition and modelling of a universal basic income (UBI). After clarifying the debate about what a UBI is and presenting the arguments in favor and against, an analytical approach for its assessment is proposed. The adoption of a UBI as a policy tool is discussed with...
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market economy. Housing reform and rising income inequality also contribute to higher savings. Moving forward, demographic … inequality are also needed to reduce savings further and boost consumption …
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inequality has reduced long distance migration, the type most linked to jobs. For those migrating uphill, from a less to a more … dominate the incentives from higher earnings. By contrast, increasing income inequality drives the fall in downhill migration …
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This paper provides evidence of a strong relationship between the short-term dynamics of growth and inequality in … developing economies. We find that reductions in inequality during growth upswings are largely reversed during growth slowdowns … channel through which fluctuations in growth affect future dynamics in inequality. These findings suggest that both the …
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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 over this period. The observed decline may be attributed to government transfers …
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, informality, and inequality have been falling over the past two decades, though still remain high. By contrast, productivity has … conclusions on the impact of labor market institutions and demographic factors on unemployment, informality, inequality and … taxes, but also by the increased shares of more educated and older workers. By contrast, the fall in inequality starting in …
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We evaluate the impact of fiscal reforms on growth and inequality in Cambodia using a calibrated general equilibrium … inequality and poverty have declined. However, income inequality is higher, and large gaps remain between urban and rural … towards non-progressive sources. We use the model to evaluate the growth and inequality impact of reforms that increase …
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We examine the extent to which declining manufacturing employment may have contributed to increasing inequality in …: the high initial manufacturing wage premium and the high level of income inequality. The manufacturing wage premium … declined between the 1980s and the 2000s in the United States, but it does not explain the contemporaneous rise in inequality …
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education spending, identify sources of inefficiencies and inequality, and formulate potential reform options. The analytical …
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