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Fiscal policy, inequality, and the poor in the developing world
Lustig, Nora - 2016
Using comparable fiscal incidence analysis, this paper examines the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580618
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Segregation of women into low-paying occupations in the United States
Gradín, Carlos - 2017
We extend the conventional framework for measuring segregation to consider stratification of occupations by gender, i … workers' characteristics, showing that gender differences cannot explain the levels of segregation/stratification in any year … indices. Our empirical analysis using this approach shows that the decline over time in occupational gender segregation in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011634452
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The politics of inequality and redistribution in Latin America's post-adjustment era
Roberts, Kenneth M. - 2012
Declining social and economic inequalities since the late 1990s coincided with several basic shifts in Latin America's political landscape, including an electoral turn to the left and a revival of social mobilization from below. These shifts helped to 'repoliticize' inequality and return...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009485749
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The distributional impact of tax and benefit systems in six African countries
Gasior, Katrin; Leventi, Chrysa; Noble, Michael; … - 2018
This paper assesses the effects of public policies on income taxes and benefits in six African countries. The comparative analysis focuses on the distribution and composition of incomes and assesses the effect of these policies on inequality and poverty. The results are based on newly developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011944796
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An analysis of the distributional impact of excise duty in Uganda using a tax-benefit microsimulation model
Kavuma, Susan Namirembe; Byaruhanga, Christine; Musoke, … - 2020
paper uses the UGAMOD microsimulation model to establish the tax incidence and welfare impact of excise duty in Uganda. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228129
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Revisiting the impact of direct taxes and transfers on poverty and inequality in South Africa
Maboshe, Mashekwa; Woolard, Ingrid - 2018
This paper uses a recent household survey and the CEQ framework to revisit and extend previous research on the impact of fiscal policy on income redistribution, and poverty in South Africa. We find, in accordance with previous research, that direct taxes and cash transfers are overall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011883375
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Inequality and fiscal redistribution in Mexico : 1992-2015
Scott, John; Rosa, Enrique de la; Balcazar, Rodrigo Aranda - 2017
redistributive impact of Mexico's fiscal system over this period. It presents standard and marginal benefit incidence analysis for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776401
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Tax financing options for new social protection instruments : the equity implications of taxing more to expand the South African social security system
Goldman, Maya; Hlela, Ntuthuko - 2024
In this paper, we use a static fiscal incidence analysis model to evaluate the poverty and inequality impacts of using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015062507
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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/10011921416
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What's behind pro-poor growth? : the role of shocks and measurement error
Klasen, Stephan; Lo Bue, Maria C.; Prete, Vincenzo - 2020
Standard growth incidence curves describe how growth episodes impact on the overall income distribution. However … the percentiles of the income distribution in different ways. Therefore, standard growth incidence curves may misrepresent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012174023