We apply a standard tax and benefit incidence analysis to estimate the impact on inequality and poverty of direct taxes …. The impact of transfers on inequality and poverty reduction could be higher if spending on direct cash transfers that are … extent of inequality reduction induced by direct taxes and transfers is rather small (2 percentage points on average …

The aim of this paper is to explain why poverty and material deprivation in South Africa are significantly higher among … those of African descent than among whites. To do so, we estimate the conditional levels of poverty and deprivation Africans … show that the racial gap in poverty and deprivation can be attributed to the cumulative disadvantaged characteristics of …

The two largest minorities in the United States, African Americans and people of Hispanic origin, show official poverty … rates that are at least twice as high as those among non-Hispanic Whites. These similarly high poverty rates among … poverty rates among racial and ethnic groups in the United States and its recent evolution. Our results show, first, that …

We review the literature on the links between inequality, growth and welfare. Three questions are addressed: 1) What is … the impact of growth and development on inequality? 2) What is the impact of inequality on growth, development and welfare … impact of inequality on growth is twofold. Firstly, inequality fosters growth when this is based on capital accumulation, but …

Fiscal policy can change poverty and inequality substantially or slightly depending on the government’s redistributive … independent evaluations. CEQ relies on inequality, poverty and tax and benefit incidence analyses. … and human capital accumulation, as well as with reducing inequality. The Commitment to Equity Assessment (CEQ) evaluates …

Inequality and poverty fell sharply in many Latin American countries during a decade in which voters in ten countries … econometric evidence that social democratic regimes in Brazil and Chile were more successful at reducing inequality and poverty … are a return to “normal” levels (as estimated by fixed effects). Conversely, inequality and poverty in Brazil and Chile …

percent urban, higher food prices still led to a greater incidence and depth of poverty at the national level. …

argue that conventional wisdom may be wrong. First, the extent and effectiveness of income redistribution and poverty …

poverty by more than if all incomes were growing equiproportionately. Inequality reduction is not generally seen as either … detail the properties of inequality reduction and pro-poorness, using the Watts poverty index and Gini inequality index, when …-poorness, growth and inequality nexus, one needs at least a 3-parameter model of the income distribution. In this paper, we explore in …