. Then, it elaborates on more granular tax policy, discussing key choices in the structure of the personal income tax on … labor and capital income, taxes on wealth, the corporate income tax, and consumption taxes. The paper concludes by …

decline in earnings, extreme poverty and the Gini coefficient based on labor income increased by around 9.2 and 5 percentage … than offset the labor income losses for the bottom four deciles, however, such that poverty relative to the pre … and hospitality, suffered large job losses and reductions in hours. Given low income workers experienced the largest …

Addressing the poverty and distributional impacts of carbon pricing reforms is critical for the success of ambitious … which carbon pricing can potentially affect poverty and inequality. It finds that the channels differ in important ways …

We analyze microdata from Mexico's survey on household income and expenditures (ENIGH) to study the evolution of income …

Is there a tradeoff between raising growth and reducing inequality and poverty? This paper reviews the theoretical and … empirical literature on the complex links between growth, inequality, and poverty, with causation going in both directions. The … evidence suggests that growth can be effective in reducing poverty, but its impact on inequality is ambiguous and depends on …

This paper examines the dynamic relationship between trade and income. While most economists agree that increased trade … leads to an increase in average income, economic theory is ambiguous about the possible effects on the long-run growth rate … of the economy. Using a dynamic panel data model, the hypotheses of no long-run effects of trade on income and on income …

This paper reviews the evidence on how households in Sub-Saharan Africa segment along consumption, income and earning … importance of home-grown food in the income and consumption of house-holds well up the income distribution, the lack of formal … financial inclusion for all but the richest households, and the importance of non-wage income. These stylized facts suggest that …

income inequality and poverty, except financial liberalization, which tends to exacerbate them. Also, banking sector … fully support the reduction of poverty and income equality …This paper provides evidence on the link between financial development and income distribution. Several dimensions of …