interventions are therefore seen as instrumental in cushioning against the impact of the crisis on inequality and poverty. Finally …. Poverty, as measured by the at risk of poverty (AROP) rate, would increase significantly, even in presence of policy measures … (+1.7pp), although this result depend on whether we anchor the poverty line to its pre-crisis level. When doing so, the …

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 … poverty in 4 countries using a US$1.25/day PPP poverty line, in 8 countries using a US$2.50/day line, and in 15 countries …

, that direct taxes and cash transfers are overall progressive and reduce inequality and poverty. Our disaggregated analyses … of fiscal policy on income redistribution, and poverty in South Africa. We find, in accordance with previous research …

heterogeneity in the income inequality and poverty-reducing power of LAC fiscal systems. While all LAC fiscal systems reduce income … inequality, fiscal systems in nine LAC countries are poverty-increasing, and this startling characteristic has not improved over …This paper uses standard fiscal incidence analysis to study how much income redistribution and poverty reduction are …

of fiscal policy interventions on inequality and poverty. Specifically, we analyze the distributional incidence of direct … to poverty reduction and are almost neutral in their distributive impact. The results contribute to the understanding of …

In this paper, we use a static fiscal incidence analysis model to evaluate the poverty and inequality impacts of using … substantially reduce poverty and inequality to varying degrees depending on the taxes and transfers used. …

of changes in employment due to the COVID-19 crisis on inequality and poverty using the recently developed tax … measured by headcount and poverty gap increases because of the COVID-19 outbreak. The pandemic has also worsened inequality as … recently released Integrated Household Survey which was collected just before the COVID-19 crisis. We find that the poverty …

We examine the relationship between changes in a country’s public sector fiscal position and inequality at the top and …-like indices of inequality as our measures to assess distributional changes. Based on the EU’s Statistics on Income and Living … rising inequality at the top. The data also weakly suggest a decrease in inequality at the bottom. The distributional impact …