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Optimal taxation and public provision for poverty reduction

Kanbur, Ravi; Pirttilä, Jukka; Tuomala, Matti; Ylinen, … - 2015

The existing literature on optimal taxation typically assumes there exists a capacity to implement complex tax schemes, which is not necessarily the case for many developing countries. We examine the determinants of optimal redistributive policies in the context of a developing country that can...

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Taxation and inequality in developing countries : lessons from the recent experience of Latin America

Martorano, Bruno - International Centre for Tax and Development - 2016

This paper aims to advance understanding about the relationship between taxation and inequality in developing countries, focusing on the recent experience of Latin America. Although the tax system was regressive in the 1990s, tax changes promoted equality in the first decade of the 2000s. In...

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Deflecting my burden, hindering redistribution : how elites influence tax legislation in Latin America

Bogliaccini, Juan A.; Luna, Juan Pablo - 2016

This paper proposes to understand a singular but salient factor that enables the wealthy to deflect their tax burden downwards: elites' political leverage to shape legislation via their capacity to influence political actors and policy outcomes. The analysis sheds light on alternative mechanisms...

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"Delangokubona" and the distribution of rents and opportunity : an exploration of tensions over race-based policies of redress and redistribution in South Africa

Cawe, Ayabonga - 2022

Capital spending on infrastructure presents a significant counter-cyclical tool, however contested it might be in a society as unequal as South Africa. The history of racial capitalism, racebased exclusion from economic participation, and an enduring political economy based on the concentration...

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Inequality and growth : a review on a great open debate in economics

Baselgia, Enea; Foellmi, Reto - 2022

What is the relationship between inequality and growth? This question has occupied and fascinated social scientists for more than a century. This article critically reviews the recent empirical and theoretical literature on the complex interplay between inequality and economic growth. Inequality...

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Redistribution, inequality, and growth revisited : comment on "Redistribution, inequality, and growth: new evidence"

Jäntti, Markus; Pirttilä, Jukka; Rönkkö, Risto - 2020

An influential paper by Berg et al., 'Redistribution, inequality, and growth: new evidence', uses the SWIID data to … examine the impact of inequality and redistribution on growth in both developing and developed countries. It finds that while … inequality is harmful for growth, redistribution does not hamper growth. This comment demonstrates that the redistribution and …

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The political economy of 'linked' progressive taxation in Africa and Latin America

Mosley, Paul; Abdulai, Abdul-Gafaru - 2016

One key element in the reduction of poverty and (in Latin America) inequality has been the achievement of greater fiscal equity; we analyse one key part of this process, which is the earmarking of portions of tax revenue to be spent on progressive public expenditures such as social protection,...

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Redistribution around the world : causes and consequences

Jäntti, Markus; Pirttilä, Jukka; Rönkkö, Risto - 2016

This paper re-examines the determinants and consequences of redistribution in light of improved data and methods … the best available estimates of both pre- and post-redistribution inequality for the largest set of countries and periods … redistribution and the impacts of redistribution on growth can be misleading. …

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National Care System in Uruguay : who benefits and who pays?

Amarante, Verónica; Colacce, Maira; Tenenbaum, Victoria - 2017

In this paper, we analyse two specific policies that make up the National Care System, a social policy being implemented in Uruguay. Through the calibration of a static tax benefit model, we estimate the distributive impact of the expansion of childcare services and home-based care for dependent...

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Worker retraining and transfer payments : the political economy of social protection

Jain, Sanjay - 2017

redistribution and retraining - that arguably characterize many reform packages. We analyse the interaction of compensatory … redistribution and retraining programmes, and demonstrate that the provision of redistributive programmes might distort incentives …. Conversely, it may be possible for an economic reform to win political support in the absence of compensatory redistribution …

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