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The Impacts of Income Transfer Programs on Income Distribution and Poverty in Brazil : An Integrated Microsimulation and Computable General Equilibrium Analysis
Cury, Samir - 2018
A persistent and very high-income inequality is a well known feature of the Brazilian economy. However, from 2001 to 2005 the Gini index presented an unprecedented fall of 4.6 percent combined with significant poverty reduction. Previous studies using partial equilibrium analysis have pointed...
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Revisiting the impact of direct taxes and transfers on poverty and inequality in South Africa
Maboshe, Mashekwa; Woolard, Ingrid - 2018
This paper uses a recent household survey and the CEQ framework to revisit and extend previous research on the impact of fiscal policy on income redistribution, and poverty in South Africa. We find, in accordance with previous research, that direct taxes and cash transfers are overall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011883375
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The effects of a hybrid negative income tax on poverty and inequality : a microsimulation on the UK and Italy
Tromp, Alexander - 2017
This paper aims to propose a social protection system that "decommodifies" labour and fulfills the properties of a Social Protection Floor satisfying revenue-neutrality. To this end, firstly, a Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme is explored. Secondly, the UBI is transformed into a Negative...
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Immigration, search, and redistribution : a quantitative assessment of native welfare
Battisti, Michele; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Peri, Giovanni; … - 2014
We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search … studied, immigration attenuates the effects of search frictions. These gains tend to outweigh the welfare costs of … redistribution. Immigration has increased native welfare in almost all countries. Both high-skilled and low-skilled natives benefit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418118
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Immigration, search, and redistribution : a quantitative assessment of native welfare
Battisti, Michele; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Peri, Giovanni; … - 2014
We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search … studied, immigration attenuates the effects of search frictions. These gains tend to outweigh the welfare costs of … redistribution. Immigration has increased native welfare in almost all countries. Both high-skilled and low-skilled natives benefit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418917
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Immigrant narratives
Gehring, Kai; Adema, Joop; Poutvaara, Panu - 2022
Immigration is one of the most divisive political issues in many countries today. Competing narratives, circulated via …
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The political effects of immigration : culture or economics?
Alesina, Alberto; Tabellini, Marco - 2020
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Could/should Jubilee debt cancellations be reintroduced today?
Hudson, Michael; Goodhart, Charles A. E. - 2018
In this paper the authors recall the history of Jubilee debt cancellations, emphasizing what their social purpose was at that time. They note that it would not be possible to copy that procedure exactly nowadays, primarily because most debt/credit relationships are intermediated via financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011821401
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Poverty alleviation and the degree of centralisation in European schemes of social assistance
Hölsch, Katja (contributor); Kraus, Margit (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
In this paper, the relationship between the degree of centralisation and the distributive outcomes in European schemes of social assistance is investigated. For this purpose, a scheme of classification suitable for grouping the EU15 schemes according to features related to centralisation is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002422190
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Assessing the Impact of the 2007 Tax Reform on Poverty and Inequality in Uruguay
Llambi, Cecilia - 2018
In the context of a sharp rise in the incidence of poverty and increasing inequality since the end of the last decade, a major tax reform was put into place in mid-2007 with the explicit goals of promoting both greater efficiency and equity in the Uruguayan tax system. Overall, the reform...
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