This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … and inequality. The strength of the relationship varies between countries and in some cases between the all age and the …

On the presumption that poorer people tend to work less, it is often claimed that standard measures of inequality and … horizontal inequality. Using equivalent incomes to adjust for effort can reveal either higher or lower inequality depending on …

and inequality, and by their distributional characteristic. Our findings suggest that public transfers can be effective … unit subsidies limit the redistributive, poverty and inequality impacts of even the most targeted social assistance …

estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a …

This papers quantifies the redistributive effects on progressivity, poverty and welfare, that would occur if the … poverty reducing as the one in force (or more in some dimensions), and a generator of greater welfare. …