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. 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 …
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We analyze microdata from Mexico's survey on household income and expenditures (ENIGH) to study the evolution of income …
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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 …
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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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detrimental medium-term effects on output, unemployment, poverty, and inequality. However, policies can go a long way toward … relatively greater fiscal support. The increases in unemployment, poverty, and inequality are likewise lower for countries with …
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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 …
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This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition, especially from EMEs like China, spurring trade tensions and...
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Poverty has remained widespread in Mozambique, mostly on account of the prevalent war situation. This paper provides a … profile of the lowest income groups in Mozambique and examines how they were affected by the economic recovery program of 1986 … relative income position. However, in the presence of a large refugee population and war-related destruction, there continues …
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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 …
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As labor has become more mobile in today''s world, it is important to understand the income and welfare of nationals … migration, and calculates them using New Zealand data. Growth performance measured by New Zealanders'' income has been clearly …
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