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The impact of taxes, transfers, and subsidies on inequality and poverty in Uganda

Jellema, Jon; Lustig, Nora; Haas, Astrid; Wolf, Sebastian - 2017 - This version: August 2017

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The impact of taxes, transfers, and subsidies on inequality and poverty in Uganda : final report

Jellema, Jon; Lustig, Nora; Haas, Astrid; Wolf, Sebastian - International Growth Centre <London> - 2016

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Reducing poverty and inequality through tax-benefit reform and the minimum wage : the UK as a case-study

Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leventi, Chrysa; Nolan, Brian; … - 2017

Atkinson's book Inequality: What Can Be Done? (Harvard University Press, 2015) sets out a range of concrete proposals aimed at reducing income inequality, which cover a very broad span but include major changes to the income tax and social transfers system and the minimum wage. These are framed...

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Four levers of redistribution : the impact of tax and transfer systems on inequality reduction

Guillaud, Elvire; Olckers, Matthew; Zemmour, Michaël - 2017

Using observational micro data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), we assess the redistributive impact of tax and transfer configurations across 22 OECD countries for the period 1999-2013. After recovering new tax data (employer social contributions), we measure the reduction of income...

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The necessity of a paradigm shift in Korean welfare policy and tasks to be pursued

Yun, Heesuk - 2014

If "welfare through work" is to become a reality, Korea should dispense with the old method of haphazardly importing welfare programs based on one-to-one comparisons with developed countries and instead redefine the overarching goal of the welfare system by establishing a universal structure...

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Relative income poverty rates and poverty alleviation via tax/benefit systems in 49 LIS countries, 1967 2016

Caminada, Koen; Wang, Jinxian; Goudswaard, Kees Pieter; … - 2019

Budget Incidence Fiscal Redistribution Dataset on Relative Income Poverty (LLBIFR Dataset on Relative Income Poverty 2019 …

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Cash transfers in Latin America : effects on poverty and redistribution

Amarante, Verónica; Brun, Martín - In: Economia : journal of the Latin American and Caribbean … 19 (2018) 1, pp. 1-31

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Deserving poor and the desirability of a minimum wage

Blumḳin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 7 (2018) 6, pp. 1-17

This paper provides a normative justification for the use of a minimum wage as a redistributive tool in a competitive labor market. We show that a government interested in improving the wellbeing of the deserving poor, while being less concerned with their undeserving counterparts, can use a...

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Paradoxes of social policy : welfare transfers, relative poverty, and redistribution preferences

Brady, David; Bostic, Amie - 2015

Korpi and Palme's (1998) classic "The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality" claims that universal … preferences for redistribution. We analyze rich democracies like Korpi and Palme, but we also generalize to a broader sample of … share and universalism; (2) redistribution preferences are negatively associated with low-income targeting; and (3 …

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Redistribution via VAT and cash transfers : an assessment in four low and middle income countries

Harris, Tom; Phillips, David; Warwick, Ross; Goldman, Maya - 2018

As in high-income countries, reduced rates of VAT and VAT exemptions ("preferential VAT rates") are a common feature of indirect tax systems in LMICs. Many of the goods and services that are granted preferential rates - such as foodstuffs and kerosene - seem likely to receive such treatment on...

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