Families with children receive support from the tax-benefit system to a different extent across countries. In Spain …, child poverty remains high as compared to other EU countries, possibly pointing to a weaker role of the public sector in … providing income support to families with children. In this paper we provide an in-depth assessment of the income support to …

This paper analyses the impacts of indirect tax policy reforms on income distribution and poverty in Tanzania by … government tax revenue and a neutral effect on income distribution and poverty. The results of the second reform find a positive … distribution, poverty indicators fell. …

How can poverty reduction be improved and at what cost? Available evidence suggests that social investment strategies … and employment policies are important but not sufficient. In order to reduce the number of people below the relative at-risk-of-poverty … paper we show that this is not a cheap option. We calculate the hypothetical cost of closing the poverty gap while …

these tax, transfer and minimum wage reforms on income inequality and poverty based on a microsimulation approach using … to substantially reduce the extent of income inequality and relative income poverty and the paper draws out how the two …Atkinson's book Inequality: What Can Be Done? (Harvard University Press, 2015) sets out a range of concrete proposals …

contributions), we measure the reduction of income inequality due to the four structural dimensions of tax and transfer systems: the … notice (i) the diverse combinations of taxation and transfers that achieve the same reduction in inequality; (ii) the absence …

results are interpreted in terms of poverty and inequality statistics while closely looking into the assumptions of the … unrealistically high tax rates, especially for Italy. The impact on poverty and inequality of the HNIT scheme is markedly higher for … microsimulation models. In the first scenario a modest level of guaranteed minimum income is feasible, decreasing both poverty and …

poverty and inequality of Uganda's revenue collection instruments and social spending programs. Fiscal policy – including many … of its constituent tax and spending elements – is inequality-reducing in Uganda, but the reduction of inequality due to … fiscal policy in Uganda is lower than other countries with similar levels of initial inequality, a result tied to low levels …

This paper assesses the effects on poverty and inequality of the alternative targeting approaches that Zambia's Social … government introduced support based on giving actual cash through social cash transfers aimed at reducing poverty and … of social cash transfers, nationwide extreme poverty would be 1.6 percentage points higher than otherwise. The results …

of fiscal policy on income redistribution, and poverty in South Africa. We find, in accordance with previous research …, that direct taxes and cash transfers are overall progressive and reduce inequality and poverty. Our disaggregated analyses …

In this paper, we use a static fiscal incidence analysis model to evaluate the poverty and inequality impacts of using … substantially reduce poverty and inequality to varying degrees depending on the taxes and transfers used. …