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Quantifying the impacts of expanding social protection on efficiency and equity : evidence from a behavioural microsimulation model for Ghana
Osei, Robert Darko; Pirttilä, Jukka; Rattenhuber, Pia - 2017
protection. Results from a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana are combined with the extensive margin elasticity of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776419
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Microsimulation approaches to studying shocks and social protection in selected developing economies
Adu-Ababio, Kwabena - 2022
This paper calculates automatic stabilization in Ghana, South Africa, and Ecuador to explain income cushioning amid income and demand shocks. Fiscal policies within these countries are also stress tested to gauge welfare contingencies and insurance. A discretionary action approach is adopted for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013269672
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Tax-benefit microsimulation model in developing countries : a feasibility study for an extension of SOUTHMOD in Indonesia
Muttaqien, Arip; Sologon, Denisa; O'Donoghue, Cathal - 2018
This study aims to expand the use of tax-benefit microsimulation tools in Indonesia. In particular, it reviews the … feasibility of expanding SOUTHMOD, a tax-benefit microsimulation model being applied in developing countries that was developed … based on the European Union tax-benefit microsimulation tool (EUROMOD) framework. First, the study reviews the tax and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947062
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How do taxpayers respond to tax subsidy for long-term savings? : evidence from Thailand's tax return data
Athiphat Muthitacharoen; Trongwut Burong - 2021
This paper uses a panel of personal income tax return data for the population of Thai tax filers to examine how individuals respond to tax subsidy for long-term savings. We utilize the 2013 tax reform that lowered the price subsidy for long-term savings in order to obtain causal identification....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012437871
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Do public program benefits crowd out private transfers in developing countries? : an overview of evidence from social protection policies
Nikolov, Plamen; Bonci, Matthew - 2020
Precipitated by rapid globalization, rising inequality, population growth, and longevity gains, social protection programs have been on the rise in developing countries in the last three decades. However, the introduction of public benefits could displace informal mechanisms for risk-protection,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012201918
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Do public program benefits crowd out private transfers in developing countries? : a critical review of recent evidence
Nikolov, Plamen; Bonci, Matthew - 2020
Precipitated by rapid globalization, rising inequality, population growth, and longevity gains, social protection programs have been on the rise in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the last three decades. However, the introduction of public benefits could displace informal mechanisms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194596
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Do public program benefits crowd out private transfers in developing countries? : a critical review of recent evidence
Nikolov, Plamen; Bonci, Matthew - 2020
Precipitated by rapid globalization, rising inequality, population growth, and longevity gains, social protection programs have been on the rise in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the last three decades. However, the introduction of public benefits could displace informal mechanisms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012195191
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Poverty, human capital, life-cycle and the tax and transfer bases : the role of education for development and international competition
Petersen, Hans-Georg - 2011
The paper is based on an individual life-cycle model, which describes the purely economic components of human capital. The present value of human capital is determined by all future income flows, which at the same time constitute the individual as well as the total tax base of a nation....
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Is the developing world catching up? : global convergence and national rising dispersion
Bussolo, Maurizio (contributor);  … - 2008
"The present study uses the GIDD, a CGE-microsimulation model for Global Income Distribution Dynamics, to understand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759199
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The last hurdle? : unyielding motherhood effects in the context of declining gender inequality in Latin America
Marchionni, Mariana; Pedrazzi, Julián - 2023
We assess whether motherhood could be the last hurdle to achieving gender equality in developing countries by exploring the link between motherhood and the overall gender gap in the labor market for 14 Latin American countries over the last two decades. Using pseudo- panels built from harmonized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468158