We study a set of hypothetical reforms of child benefits in Germany, using a static tax-benefit microsimulation model … income tax or a consumption tax. The model simulates the impacts of the reforms on household income, poverty and labour … supply. We find that improvements in the means-tested child benefit are well-targeted: They provide a high level of poverty …

inequality and at-risk-of-poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for the differences between these and their …This paper presents baseline results from the latest public version (I4.0+) of EUROMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation …

inequality, to strengthen the current program to fight against poverty in the country. The main result must be to generate …This research analyzes the economic impact of three alternative tax reforms on the Mexican economy, poverty and … greater economic impact and reduce poverty in greater proportion, should increase Oportunidades program funds financed through …

inequality, to strengthen the current program to fight against poverty in the country. The main result must be to generate …This research analyzes the economic impact of three alternative tax reforms on the Mexican economy, poverty and … greater economic impact and reduce poverty in greater proportion, should increase Oportunidades program funds financed through …

Taxes and transfers can have significant impacts on poverty and inequality. All standard measures are by definition … transfers can lower inequality and poverty (including the severity of poverty) but still make a subgroup of the poor worse off … when standard poverty and inequality indicators decline and overall taxes are progressive. …

Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax … be quite narrowly targeted at families living in extreme poverty. Over time, the government should consider increasing … support for the poor to find jobs of decent quality will be key to help them overcome poverty in a sustainable way. Ingreso …

Fiscal policy can change poverty and inequality substantially or slightly depending on the government’s redistributive … independent evaluations. CEQ relies on inequality, poverty and tax and benefit incidence analyses. … and human capital accumulation, as well as with reducing inequality. The Commitment to Equity Assessment (CEQ) evaluates …

policies, but at the same time poverty and inequality have remained high or have increased. Prospects are not encouraging for …

for the years 1996 to 2004. We study the relationship between growth, inequality and poverty by following the Poverty …This paper analyzes the relationship between growth, poverty and income distribution using household data for Colombia … degree to which the poor benefit from the growth process. We also carry out a decomposition of the changes in poverty to …