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On the middle 70 % : the impact of fiscal policy on the emerging middle class in Latin America using Commitment to Equity
Daude, Christian; Lustig, Nora; Melguizo, Ángel; … - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011717150
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Never too rich to be middle-class : an assessment of the reference-group theory and implications for redistributive taxation
Genest-Grégoire, Antoine; Guay, Jean-Herman; Godbout, Luc - In: What drives inequality?, (pp. 123-137). 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241678
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The redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger
Hounsa, Thierry; Coulibaly, Mohamed; Sanoh, Aly - 2019
This study assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is poverty increasing in Mali (by 2.4 percentage points) and Niger (2.5 percentage points). This is a result of primarily two factors: indirect taxes (value-added taxes and import duties) and direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051946
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Fiscal policy and income redistribution in the turbulent era
Clements, Benedict J.; Gupta, Sanjeev; Jalles, João Tovar - In: Fiscal policy in a turbulent era : tectonic shifts, (pp. 155-167). 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014580209
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Inequality and fiscal redistribution in Mexico : 1992-2015
Scott, John; Rosa, Enrique de la; Balcazar, Rodrigo Aranda - 2017
This paper uses income and expenditure surveys from 1992 to 2014 and public tax and spending accounts to estimate the redistributive impact of Mexico's fiscal system over this period. It presents standard and marginal benefit incidence analysis for the principal public transfers (education,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776401
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Fiscal policy and gender income inequality : the role of taxes and social spending
Abramovsky, Laura; Selwaness, Irene N. - Overseas Development Institute - 2023
Persistent inequalities between women and men in income, unpaid work, paid work and other dimensions disadvantage women, undermine human rights and damage economic prosperity. Despite the challenges in measuring economic resources at the individual level in a consistent manner across countries,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014312080
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Pollution versus inequality: tradeoffs for fiscal policy
Hainnaux, Camille; Seegmuller, Thomas - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013407622
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Fiscal Contracting in Latin America
Bird, Richard M.; Zolt, Eric M. - In: World Development 67 (2015) C, pp. 323-335
Latin America has long been characterized as a region of high income inequality. In recent years, however, many Latin … American countries have seen a decrease in income inequality and poverty levels and an increase in economic mobility. Fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011117403
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Fiscal redistribution in Brazil : dynamic microsimulation, 2003–15
Neri, Marcelo Cortes; Siqueira, Rozane Bezerra de; … - 2018
This paper assesses causes and consequences of fiscal redistribution in Brazil. The framework proposed allows … evaluating in an integrated manner the impacts of government-sponsored actions in inequality and mean income changes on social … attempt to gauge actual fiscal policy redistribution changes over time in Brazil. The study develops an empirical methodology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011922207
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Taxation, Inequality and Fiscal Contracting in the Americas
Bird, Richard M.; Zolt, Eric M. - 2013
how changes in levels of inequality may influence taxing and spending policies. It suggests that in both parts of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014038358