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Taking down the wall : transition and inequality
Cevik, Serhan; Correa-Caro, Carolina - 2020
This paper investigates the main determinants of income inequality in transition countries during the period 1990-2018. To this end, we address a major methodological challenge that lies at the core of the cross-country literature on income inequality: the potential endogeneity of income growth,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012177606
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COVID-19 and inequality in Asia : breaking the vicious cycle
Jurzyk, Emilia; Madhu Nair, Medha; Pouokam, Nathalie; … - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic risks exacerbating inequality in Asia. High frequency labor surveys show that the pandemic is having particularly adverse effects on younger workers, women and people that are more vulnerable. Pandemics have been shown to increase inequalities. As a result, income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392069
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Dominance Testing of Social Sector Expenditures and Taxes in Africa
Sahn, David E. - 1999
. It uses dominance tests to determine whether health and education expenditures redistribute resources to the poor. The … paper finds that social services are poorly targeted. Among the services examined, primary education tends to be most … progressive, and university education is least progressive. The paper finds that many taxes are progressive as well as efficient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400545
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Growing (un)equal : fiscal policy and income inequality in China and BRIC+
Cevik, Serhan; Correa-Caro, Carolina - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281986
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Inclusive growth and the incidence of fiscal policy in Mauritius : much progress, but more could be done
David, Antonio C.; Petri, Martin - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009756802
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Sharing the growth dividend : analysis of inequality in Asia
Jain Chandra, Sonali; Kinda, Tidiane; Kochhar, Kalpana; … - 2016
imperative to address inequality of opportunities, in particular to broaden access to education, health, and financial services …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445358
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How do fiscal and labor policies in France affect inequality?
Espinoza, Raphael; Pérez Ruiz, Esther - 2016
This paper explores the impact of fiscal and labor market policies on efficiency, inequality, and fiscal outcomes in France. We extend the general equilibrium model calibrated for France by Alla and others (2015), with measures of labor and capital income for different groups in the economy (the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445381
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The rise in inequality after pandemics : can fiscal support play a mitigating role?
Furceri, Davide; Loungani, Prakash; Ostry, Jonathan David; … - 2021
Major epidemics of the last two decades (SARS, H1N1, MERS, Ebola and Zika) have been followed by increases in inequality (Furceri, Loungani, Ostry and Pizzuto, 2020). In this paper, we show that the extent of fiscal consolidation in the years following the onset of these pandemics has played an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012613680
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The great divide : regional inequality and fiscal policy
Gbohoui, William; Lam, W. Raphael; Lledó, Victor D. - 2019
Growing regional inequality within countries has raised the perception that 'some places and people' are left behind. This has prompted a shift toward inward-looking policies and away from pro-growth reforms. This paper presents novel stylized facts on regional inequality for OECD countries. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102220
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The distributional effects of government spending shocks in developing economies
Furceri, Davide; Ge, Jun; Loungani, Prakash; Melina, … - 2018
We construct unanticipated government spending shocks for 103 developing countries from 1990 to 2015 and study their effects on income distribution. We find that unanticipated fiscal consolidations lead to a long-lasting increase in income inequality, while fiscal expansions lower inequality....
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