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Promoting education under distortionary taxation: Equality of opportunity versus welfarism
Haaparanta, Pertti; Kanbur, Ravi; Paukkeri, Tuuli; … - 2019
How does the public provision of education and the deployment of distortionary tax and subsidy instruments differ when the government's objective is conventional welfarist compared to when the objective is the non-welfarist one of equality of opportunity? This paper develops a framework in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146507
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Redistribution, inequality and political participation: Evidence from Mexico during the 2008 financial crisis
Justino, Patricia; Martorano, Bruno - 2016
This paper explores the relationship between a large government cash transfer programme, changes in inequality, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653952
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Revisiting the impact of direct taxes and transfers on poverty and inequality in South Africa
Maboshe, Mashekwa; Woolard, Ingrid D. - 2018
, that direct taxes and cash transfers are overall progressive and reduce inequality and poverty. Our disaggregated analyses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943886
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Microsimulation of tax-benefit systems in the Global South: A comparative assessment
Lastunen, Jesse; de Mahieu, Antoine; Gasior, Katrin; … - 2024
This paper analyses the effectiveness of tax-benefit systems in reducing poverty and inequality across 13 countries in … to poverty and inequality. Additionally, we assess gender disparities in outcomes, quantify the distributional effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014548563
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The consequences of the value-added tax on inequality
Alavuotunki, Kaisa; Pirttilä, Jukka - 2015
revenue, others claim that it is also a regressive tax, contributing to increased inequality within the developing world … first estimates on its consequences on inequality at the macro level. The results from instrumental variable estimations … has not led to increased inequality, suggesting that the move to the VAT has not undermined equitable development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440645
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Shifting from deductions to credits: Unpacking the distributional effects of medical expenditure considerations in South Africa
Nhamo, Senia; Mudimu, Edinah - 2020
system. However, the additional medical tax expenses appear to be distortionary, introducing great inequality across income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424017
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Distributional impacts of agricultural policies in Zambia: A microsimulation approach
Gasior, Katrin; Navarro, Silvia; Pirttilä, Jukka; … - 2022
highlight that the final impacts on poverty and inequality are heterogeneous across population groups. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322632
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Learning from the "best": The impact of tax-benefit systems in Africa
Bargain, Olivier; Jara, H. Xavier; Kwenda-Magejo, Prudence - 2019
learn from each other to improve social protection and reduce inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146489
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Worker retraining and transfer payments: The political economy of social protection
Jain, Sanjay - 2017
We conduct an incentive-theoretical analysis of political economy considerations in the design of social protection programmes in developing countries to accompany economic reforms. We focus on two aspects of social protection - the provision of redistribution and retraining - that arguably...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654037
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Energy subsidies, international aid, and the politics of reform
McCulloch, Neil - 2017
Energy subsidy reform is critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and tackling climate change. This paper sets out the evidence on the scale of subsidies and their impact. It then reviews the actions of donors in encouraging and supporting energy subsidy reforms. I find that,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943777