We analyse the effect of taxes and benefits on income distribution of six Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia … importance of tax-benefit instruments across countries and on the effect of taxes and benefits on poverty and inequality. The … providing a large degree of redistribution, whereas the Bolivian system has a very modest role. We further exploit the …

. The standard theory assumes that more unequal income distribution will create a majority for more redistribution (Meltzer … taxes oriented towards housing. While user charges act as head taxes, property taxes have distributive consequences. The … implies a shift in the tax burden from property taxes to user charges. …

into a condition of continuous growth through a program of taxes and transfers. Temporary inequality is a necessary … condition to escape in finite time, but long-run inequalities are avoidable provided sufficiently heavy, but temporary taxes can …