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emerging market economies to examine perceptions of government performance in managing the health and economic crisis, beliefs … about the future, and attitudes about redistribution. We find that women, non-college educated, the unemployed, and those in … non-teleworkable jobs systematically have less favorable perceptions of government responses. Personally experiencing …
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on the demand and supply side have weakened redistribution over time and contributed to a new wave of populism. We …
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This paper discusses the main challenges faced by resource-rich nations in promoting equity; describes policy tools available for managing exhaustible natural resources; and analyzes the relationship between resource wealth and state fragility. It is argued that human capital accumulation,...
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Inclusive growth, narrowly defined in this paper as growth that helps reduce inequality, is achieved if consumption of …-percentile consumption diagnostics that could inform redistribution policies. The proposed framework is illustrated in application to Iraq …
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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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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 …
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indicators will support increased redistribution and reduce income inequality …Rising income inequality has emerged as a major policy issue facing policymakers, but there is a dearth of empirical … work on inequality in small states, including the Caribbean. Despite data limitations, the empirical analysis using a …
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recent literature suggesting that inequality-reducing redistribution can enhance growth …This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that inequality in Poland increased markedly during the economic … transition. Income and consumption inequality actually declined in 1990-92 and rose only moderately above pre-transition levels …
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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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Sharing economic benefits equitably across all segments of society includes addressing the specific challenges of different generations. At present, youth and elderly are particularly vulnerable to poverty relative to adults in their middle years. Broad-based policies should aim to foster youth...
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