Progressive direct taxation is necessary to complement social protection, in order to reduce income inequality as well … as poverty. A new metric of personal income tax incidence progressivity (the "Plato Index") is presented, using WIDER … databases for income inequality (WIID) and tax revenues (GDR). Taxation is shown to be far less progressive in developing …

Absolute poverty has dropped markedly in Bulgaria but income inequality has increased substantially in the aftermath of … the GFC. This increase is due to a rise in market income inequality that was compounded by a reduction in fiscal … redistributive efficiency. The COVID-19 crisis is likely to deepen income inequality, increasing the room for redistributive policies …

more generous welfare system contributed to reducing poverty. Employment security, however, appears to be linked to the … presence of higher levels of income inequality after the crisis. …

question, arguing that the DCFTA increases the country's vulnerability to external shocks and accelerates the decline of …