Taxes and transfers can have significant impacts on poverty and inequality. All standard measures are by definition … directional mobility literature provides a useful framework to identify which individuals are adversely/favorably impacted by a … particular policy. This paper introduces a "fiscal mobility matrix" to identify winners and losers. We show that taxes and …

Taxes and transfers can have significant impacts on poverty and inequality. All standard measures are by definition … directional mobility literature provides a useful framework to identify which individuals are adversely/favorably impacted by a … particular policy. This paper introduces a “fiscal mobility matrix” to identify winners and losers. We show that taxes and …

The effect of taxes and benefits on the poor is usually measured using standard poverty and inequality indicators … inequity, and progressivity measures. The directional mobility literature provides a useful framework to measure impoverishment …. We propose using a transition matrix and income loss matrix, and establish a mobility dominance criterion to compare …

disposable income inequality and poverty rose markedly between 2006 and 2009 primarily due to the launching of a noncontributory …

Using comparable fiscal incidence analysis, this paper examines the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty … targeted at the rich. While fiscal policy always reduces inequality, this is not the case with poverty. Fiscal policy increases …