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Microsimulation of tax-benefit systems in the Global South : a comparative assessment

Lastunen, Jesse; Mahieu, Antoine de; Gasior, Katrin; … - 2024

the Global South. Using national survey data and tax-benefit microsimulation models from the SOUTHMOD project, we provide …

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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 …

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Taxable Income Elasticities in Developing Countries : Evidence From Ecuador

Castillo, Jose G.; Bermúdez, Natalia - 2022

Tax reforms involve welfare changes that need to be consistently measured. Pivotal parameter in such empirical efforts is the Elasticity of Taxable Income (ETI). This paper contributes to the estimation of the ETI in developing economies. We rely on a research design based on Ecuador's...

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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 …

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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...

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Welfare programs and labor supply in developing countries: Experimental evidence from Latin America

Alzúa, María Laura; Cruces, Guillermo; Ripani, Laura - 2012

This study looks at the effect of welfare programs on work incentives and the adult labor supply in developing countries. The analysis builds on the experimental evaluations of three programs implemented in rural areas: Mexico's PROGRESA, Nicaragua's RPS and Honduras' PRAF. Comparable results...

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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....

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Improving income protection for the elderly poor in Ecuador

Amores L., César A.; Jara, H. Xavier - 2018

of microsimulation techniques to evaluate the effect of covering those needs through an increase in pension assistance … reforms and discuss the importance of using microsimulation techniques, in particular to assess the effect of budget neutral …

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Transfers and Labor Market Behavior of the Elderly in Developing Countries : Theory and Evidence from Vietnam

Tran, Chung; Jung, Juergen - 2010

When private transfers respond endogenously to the retirement decision of the elderly, they directly lower the opportunity cost of not working and magnify the income effect of public transfers. In this paper we show that the interaction of private transfers with the labor market decision of the...

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Do Public Program Benefits Crowd Out Private Transfers in Developing Countries? A Critical Review of Recent Evidence

Nikolov, Plamen - 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...

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