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Unequal expectations: Gender inequality in the salary expectations of university students
Gradín, Carlos; Mambo, Felix; Paris, Yonesse; Santos, … - 2020
Mozambican university students prior to their transition to the labour market. The measurements of segmentation, stratification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424065
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New imputation procedures in the measurement of inequality, growth, and poverty in Brazil
Hecksher, Marcos; Neri, Marcelo Cortes; Silva, Pedro … - 2018
This paper develops a new imputation methodology applied to missing incomes values in PNAD. PNAD is the main Brazilian household survey, but it has no imputation. The imputation process starts by fitting regression models applied to different income sources considering the complex sampling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943933
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Differences in inequality measurement: Ghana case study
Atta-Ankomah, Richmond; Lambon-Quayefio, Monica; Osei, … - 2023
Over the years, money-metric measures of inequality such as the Gini coefficient and the Palma Ratio, as frequently … extent to which estimates of Gini coefficients from the WIID Companion are consistent with and add to the prevailing … understanding of inequality in Ghana. To this end, we review the primary source of data for the three main Gini series on Ghana …
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Analysis of the distributional effects of COVID19 and state-led remedial measures in South Africa
Barnes, Helen; Espi-Sanchis, Gabriel; Leibbrandt, Murray V. - 2021
This paper explores the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa on income poverty and inequality in South Africa. Using a static tax-benefit microsimulation model with input datasets that were adjusted to reflect people's earned incomes just before the pandemic (March...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651139
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Simulating personal income tax in South Africa using administrative data and survey data: A comparison of PITMOD and SAMOD for tax year 2018
Steyn, Wynnona; Sithole, Alexius; Ngobeni, Winile; … - 2021
In this paper we explore South Africa's personal income tax system using two microsimulation models. The first, SAMOD, simulates personal income tax and social benefits using a dataset derived from the nationally representative National Income Dynamics Study survey. The second, PITMOD, simulates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705318
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Exploring the quality of income data in two African household surveys for the purpose of tax-benefit microsimulation modelling: Imputing employment income in Tanzania and Zambia
McLennan, David; Noble, Michael; Wright, Gemma Clare; … - 2021
The quality of data on employment income is explored using Tanzanian and Zambian household survey datasets. The extent of missing and implausible income data is assessed and four different methods are applied to impute missing or implausible values. The four imputation methods are also applied...
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The effect of fiscal drag on income distribution and work incentives: A microsimulation analysis on selected African countries
Shahir, Adnan Abdulaziz; Figari, Francesco - 2021
Although the effect of fiscal drag is well studied in the industrialized world, empirical evidence from developing economies remains limited. Against this backdrop, this study aims to explore the effect of fiscal drag on income distribution and work incentives. To this end, the study employs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705365
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Exploring options to deepen and broaden the personal income tax base in South Africa
Wright, Gemma Clare; Gasior, Katrin; Ollonqvist, Joonas; … - 2023
In this paper we explore options for augmenting South Africa's personal income tax revenue using two microsimulation models: PITMOD simulates the personal income tax system and is underpinned by a dataset comprising a full extract of anonymized individual-level administrative tax data; and SAMOD...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477451
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Comparing the poverty-reduction efficiency of targeted versus universal benefits amid crises
Shahir, Adnan; Kanbur, Ravi; Pirttilä, Jukka; … - 2023
This study evaluates which type of benefit-a universal benefit, a proxy mean-tested benefit, or a categorical benefit- better cushions the poverty effects of income shocks in a developing economy. We compare the effectiveness of the three benefit schemes on poverty first conceptually and then by...
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Top income adjustments and tax reforms in Ecuador
Jara, H. Xavier; Oliva, Nicolás - 2018
income tax revenue in our simulations. Moreover, income inequality measured by the Gini coefficient increases by 3 points …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146462