inequality and poverty. We present BRAHMS, a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Brazil and illustrate its use by … successful in alleviating inequality and poverty. Focussing on taxes and cash transfers, this paper investigates the impact of … evaluating the impact of policy on economic inequality. It is argued that microsimulation provides a valuable analytical tool for …

This paper analyses the effectiveness of tax-benefit systems in reducing poverty and inequality across 13 countries in … to poverty and inequality. Additionally, we assess gender disparities in outcomes, quantify the distributional effects of … the Global South. Using national survey data and tax-benefit microsimulation models from the SOUTHMOD project, we provide …

overcome the lack of data by proposing a dynamic calibrated microsimulation approach to generate counterfactual income … than at the bottom. Despite this, inequality in market incomes as measured by the Gini coefficient increased over the …

inequality and poverty. We present BRAHMS, a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Brazil and illustrate its use by … successful in alleviating inequality and poverty. Focussing on taxes and cash transfers, this paper investigates the impact of … evaluating the impact of policy on economic inequality. It is argued that microsimulation provides a valuable analytical tool for …

During the last 20 years, microsimulation models have been increasingly applied in qualitative and quantitative … analysis of public policies. This paper discusses microsimulation techniques and their theoretical background as a tool for the … analysis of public policies. It next analyses basic principles for using microsimulation models and interpreting their results …

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

This paper examines the sensitivity of inequality and poverty measures to the choice of adult equivalence scales and … scales, for New Zealand, Australia, the UK and the OECD are examined. The implications of varying the poverty line are also …

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

Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards …. Reducing income inequality is a key government objective and this requires improving the performance of the labour market …