transfers. The findings show that the system is progressive and contributes to reductions in poverty and inequality. The Gini ….76 Gini points (around 16 percent). Something similar happens with the poverty rate, which decreases from 47.31 to 31 … (the child money program and the mortgage subsidy) do little redistribution-the latter is actually regressive-but represent …

Fiscal policy is central to not only macroeconomic stability and growth, but also to poverty and inequality reduction … insufficient to compensate for the effect of taxes, resulting in net increases in poverty. In the context of upper …

This study assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is poverty increasing … three deciles, respectively). Although existing direct fiscal transfers have poverty-reducing effects, they are too small …

transfers, indirect subsidies, and in-kind transfers) on the level of poverty and inequality in Uganda, using the …-kind transfers, are the biggest contributors to reducing inequality. Although equalizing, fiscal policy is poverty-inducing in Uganda … indirect taxes; the poverty headcount ratio increases by 2.3 percentage points. Going forward, the combination of raising …

This paper investigates the link between inequality and demand for redistribution by looking at how individuals form … their perceptions of inequality. Most of the literature analyzing demand for redistribution has focused on objective … inequality, rather than subjective perceptions of inequality. However, a model that links demand for redistribution to subjective …

declined by four percentage points (or 15 percent) within six months of program rollout, and the poverty headcount at the …