The study examines the income redistribution effects of the Hungarian flat-tax and the introduction of the novel family allowance scheme on the basis of administrative data for 2007, 2011 and 2020, which yields more accurate estimates than previous studies based on aggregated or survey data....

The study examines the income redistribution effects of the Hungarian flat-tax and the introduction of the novel family allowance scheme on the basis of administrative data for 2007, 2011 and 2020, which yields more accurate estimates than previous studies based on aggregated or survey data....

It is well known that the size of the informal (black or grey) economy causes serious fiscal problems for Hungary. This study makes an attempt to quantify the budgetary and macroeconomic effects of different ways of widening the formal sector (whitening”) with the help of a model. It turns out...

It is well known that the size of the informal (black or grey) economy causes serious fiscal problems for Hungary. This study makes an attempt to quantify the budgetary and macroeconomic effects of different ways of widening the formal sector (whiteningʺ) with the help of a model. It turns out...