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Unemployment insurance and income protection in Ecuador
Jara, Xavier - 2018
protecting incomes in case of unemployment in Ecuador. We use ECUAMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador, to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011944585
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Comparing the poverty-reduction efficiency of targeted versus universal benefits amid crises
Shahir, Adnan; Kanbur, Ravi; Pirttilä, Jukka; … - 2023
and a hypothetical agricultural shock, in a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ethiopia. The results suggest that while …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014336040
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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
microsimulation model's simulation of direct taxes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012608576
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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
and work incentives. To this end, the study employs SOUTHMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model, for six African …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665381
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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 … models have a common framework in the form of the EUROMOD microsimulation software and interface, and have a common policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012590849
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Assessing the quality of the income data used in SAMOD, a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model
Wright, Gemma Clare; Barnes, Helen; Noble, Michael; … - 2018
In this paper we explore the income data in two surveys that underpin a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947103
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014449869
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Government intervention need for social security improvement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo : a theoretical analysis using the principal-agent model
Luzolo, Didier Mumpambala - 2016
African populations need better support through social protection mechanisms. Among those who need social security are millions of older people who, having worked all their lives in the formal sector, are in precarious situations with lower benefits. This study aims to appreciate theoretically,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581094
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Financial disincentives to formal work : evidence from Ecuador and Colombia
Jara, H. Xavier; Rodriguez, David - 2019
The aim of this paper is to quantify the financial cost that informal workers would incur in the event of entering formality, accounting for potential earnings gains upon entry. To do so, we use representative microdata from Ecuador and Colombia, together with detailed tax - benefit models, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011986898
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A role for universal pension? : simulating universal pensions in Ecuador, Ghana, Tanzania, and South Africa
Joust, Maria; Rattenhuber, Pia - 2018
We use four novel, cross-country comparable tax-benefit microsimulation models for Ecuador, Ghana, Tanzania, and South … Africa to evaluate ex ante the expansion of a universal oldage pension in a static setting. Universal pensions would … significantly reduce poverty and inequality in settings in which no means-tested old-age pensions exist (such as Ghana and Tanzania …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806493