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Changes in income distribution and the role of tax-benefit policy during the great recession : an international perspective
Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Keane, … - 2013
This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely … 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes in inequality and poverty rates over this time … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010212556
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Learning from the "best" : the impact of tax-benefit systems in Africa
Bargain, Olivier; Jara, H. Xavier; Kwenda-Magejo, Prudence - 2019
Redistributive systems in Africa are still in their infancy but are constantly expanding in order to finance increasing public spending. This paper aims at characterizing the redistributive potential of six African countries: Ghana, Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and South Africa. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011966797
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Learning from the "best" : the impact of tax-benefit systems in Africa
Bargain, Olivier; Jara, H. Xavier; Kwenda-Magejo, Prudence - 2018
Redistributive systems in Africa are still in their infancy but are constantly expanding in order to finance increasing public spending. This paper aims at characterizing the redistributive potential of six African countries: Ghana, Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ethiopia and South Africa. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955580
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Changes in income distributions and the role of tax-benefit policy during the Great Recession : an international perspective
Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Keane, … - 2013
This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely … 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes in inequality and poverty rates over this time … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010212995
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Optimal commodity taxation and redistribution within households
Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier - 2011
Using a collective model of consumption, we characterize optimal commodity taxes aimed at targeting specific individuals within the household. The main message is that distortionary indirect taxation can circumvent the agency problem of the household. Essentially, taxation should discourage less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278460
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Optimal Commodity Taxation and Redistribution within Households
Bargain, Olivier - 2011
Using a collective model of consumption, we characterize optimal commodity taxes aimed at targeting specific individuals within the household. The main message is that distortionary indirect taxation can circumvent the agency problem of the household. Essentially, taxation should discourage less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127328
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Optimal commodity taxation and redistribution within households
Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier - 2011
Using a collective model of consumption, we characterize optimal commodity taxes aimed at targeting specific individuals within the household. The main message is that distortionary indirect taxation can circumvent the agency problem of the household. Essentially, taxation should discourage less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235597
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Optimal commodity taxation and redistribution within households
Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier - 2011
Using a collective model of consumption, we characterize optimal commodity taxes aimed at targeting specific individuals within the household. The main message is that distortionary indirect taxation can circumvent the agency problem of the household. Essentially, taxation should discourage less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009730373
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Analysing the Effects of Tax-Benefit Reforms onIncome Distribution: A Decomposition Approach
Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposingchanges in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861651
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The Distributional Effects of Tax-Benefi t Policiesunder New Labour: A Shapley Decomposition
Bargain, Olivier - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009
Using counterfactual microsimulations, Shapley decompositions of time change in inequalityand poverty indices make it … of poverty would have increased under the firstNew Labour government, had important reforms like the extensions of income … support andtax credits not been implemented. These reforms have also contributed to substantiallyreduce poverty among families …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360626