The COVID-19 pandemic risks exacerbating inequality in Asia. High frequency labor surveys show that the pandemic is … to increase inequalities. As a result, income inequality, which was already high and rising in Asia before the pandemic …

of taxation and government expenditure on income inequality in Asia. Tax systems around the world tend to be progressive …, but government expenditure is generally found to be a more effective tool for redistributing income. In Asia, government … increase income inequality in Asia, whereas it reduces it in the rest of the world. Government expenditure on housing is also …