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Tax policy reform and universal basic income effectiveness in a currency union : implications for long-term growth, inequality, and welfare
Kame Babilla, Thierry U. - In: Journal of government and economics : JGE 10 (2023), pp. 1-15
. Second, when the currency union faces a crisis, a universal basic income funded by increases in different taxes is more …
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The redistributive role of government social security transfers on inequality in China
Cai, Meng; Yue, Ximing - 2017
The purpose of this work is to evaluate the redistributive role of government social security transfers on inequality … before-transfer income? Second, given the scale and distribution of existing government social security transfers, will a … small percentage increase in the transfers narrow or widen the inequality of total income? By employing the methodologies of …
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Tax financing options for new social protection instruments : the equity implications of taxing more to expand the South African social security system
Goldman, Maya; Hlela, Ntuthuko - 2024
substantially reduce poverty and inequality to varying degrees depending on the taxes and transfers used. …
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Redistribution and Insurance in Welfare States around the World
Bartels, Charlotte - 2018
particular, public pensions, that smooth incomes over the life-cycle and are funded by high taxes, play an increasingly important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908404
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Poverty, Inequality and Social Protection in Myanmar
Niño‐Zarazúa, Miguel; Tarp, Finn - 2021
In 2014, prior to the political transition of 2015 towards democracy, the government published the Myanmar National Social Protection Strategic Plan with the aim of supporting socio-economic development, and strengthening the resilience of vulnerable people against shocks and life cycle...
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Tax and benefit reforms to support employment and inclusiveness and address poverty in Italy
Bulman, Tim; Pacifico, Daniele; Pisu, Mauro; … - 2019
This paper assesses Italy’s 2019 tax and benefit reforms, analyses hypothetical reforms and proposes a reform package that balances goals of reducing poverty, encouraging employment and fiscal sustainability. Using the OECD’s Tax-Benefit and the EUROMOD microsimulation models, it shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202861
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Redistribution and insurance in welfare states around the world
Bartels, Charlotte; Neumann, Dirk - 2018
particular, public pensions, that smooth incomes over the life-cycle and are funded by high taxes, play an increasingly important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011911179
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Redistribution and insurance in welfare states around the world
Bartels, Charlotte; Neumann, Dirk - 2020
Redistribution across individuals in a one-year-period framework is an empirically intensely studied question. However, a substantial share of annual redistribution might turn out to serve individual insurance in a longer perspective, reducing the level of actual redistribution across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012289471
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The state and income inequality in Brazil
Souza, Marcelo Medeiros Coelho de; Souza, Pedro H. G. F. de - 2015
Security pensions, unemployment benefits and Social Assistance transfers. The income flows to the State comprise direct taxes … taxes and social assistance, are very progressive but proportionally small; consequently their effect is completely offset …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012056561
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Redistribution and Insurance in Welfare States Around the World
Bartels, Charlotte - 2020
Redistribution across individuals in a one-year-period framework is an empirically intensely studied question. However, a substantial share of annual redistribution might turn out to serve individual insurance in a longer perspective, reducing the level of actual redistribution across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012823316