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Tax policy and income inequality in the US, 1979-2007

Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Immervoll, Herwig; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method allowing us to disentangle the policy effect from changing market incomes. Over the period 1979-2007, the cumulative policy effect aggravated inequality by increasing the income share of the top...

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Partisan Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1979-2007

Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Immervoll, Herwig; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method that allows us to disentangle the direct policy effect from the effect of changing market incomes. Over the whole period 1979-2007 the cumulative tax policy effect aggravated income inequality...

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The Geographic Determinants of Poverty in Albania

Makdissi, Paul; Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Audet, Mathieu - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2006

To better understand the geographic determinants of poverty in Albania, this article proposes a methodology similar to … poverty levels. …

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La fin des exonérations de TVA sur les biens agricoles est-elle favorable aux pauvres ? Le cas du Niger

Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Quatrebarbes, Céline de; Savard, Luc - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2010

Afin de disposer des ressources publiques nécessaires à son développement, le Niger étudie la possibilité d’élargir l’assiette fiscale de la TVA aux biens exonérés et aux biens d’alimentations de base. Cette proposition a provoqué des oppositions violentes conduisant à poser la...

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Analyse économique des impacts et de l’adaptation aux changements climatiques de l’industrie forestière québécoise à l’aide d’un modèle d’équilibre général calculable de type micro...

Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Savard, Luc; Goyette, Jonathan; … - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2014

Les forêts québécoises représentent 20 % des forêts canadiennes et 2 % des forêts mondiales. Elles remplissent de nombreux rôles essentiels tels que servir d’habitat à de nombreuses espèces, fournir des biens et des services, engendrer des retombées socioéconomiques ainsi...

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Using repeated cross-sections to explore movements into and out of poverty

Dang, Hai-Anh; Lanjouw, Peter; Luoto, Jill; McKenzie, David - In: Journal of Development Economics 107 (2014) C, pp. 112-128

Movements in and out of poverty are of core interest to both policymakers and economists. Yet the panel data needed to … analyze such movements are rare. In this paper we build on the methodology used to construct poverty maps to show how repeated … cross-sections of household survey data can allow inferences to be made about movements in and out of poverty. We illustrate …

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Analyse d’Impact de la Construction de l’Autoroute Dakar-Thies : un Modèle Equilibre Géneral Calculable Multi-Ménages Intégrés

Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Savard, Luc - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2005

Dans ce travail nous utilisons un modèle d’équilibre général calculable mutli-ménages intégrés pour analyser l’impact de la construction d’une autoroute à péage entre Dakar et Thiès au Sénégal, sur la pauvreté et les inégalités. Nous avons simulé différents scénarios...

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Food subsidies and poverty in Egypt: Analysis of program reform using stochastic dominance

Makdissi, Paul; Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Audet, Mathieu - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2007

analyze the impacts on poverty brought on by changes in the food subsidy system in Egypt. The Egypt Integrated Household … alleviating poverty. …

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A Poverty and Inequality Impact Assessment of Liberalization of Water Utility in Senegal: A Macro-Micro Analysis

Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Estache, Antonio; Savard, Luc - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2005

to analyze the impact of the privatization of the water utilities in Senegal on poverty and inequality and we also … macro and sectoral variables and attempt to measure the impact on poverty and inequality of different groups of households …

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Pro-Poor Growth Measurements in a Multidimensional Model: A Comparative Approach

Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Ki, Jean Bosco; Ménard, Caroline - Département d'économique, Faculté d'administration - 2009

We broaden the analysis of pro-poor growth in monetary terms to include non-monetary dimensions of poverty and to … compare the results obtained from both indicators, namely consumer expenditures and a composite poverty indicator. In addition …

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