We apply a standard tax and benefit incidence analysis to estimate the impact on inequality and poverty of direct taxes …. The impact of transfers on inequality and poverty reduction could be higher if spending on direct cash transfers that are …

We apply a standard tax and benefit incidence analysis to estimate the impact on inequality and poverty of direct taxes …. The impact of transfers on inequality and poverty reduction could be higher if spending on direct cash transfers that are …

This paper presents an update on the poverty and income distribution situation in Chile during the 90s. The analysis … shows unambiguously that there was less poverty between 1994 and 1998 than in all earlier years, whether poverty is measured …

This article examines the 2012 poverty status of Social Security adult type of benefit (TOB) groups using both the … official poverty measure and the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM). For each TOB group the article compares the SPM estimate … with the official poverty measure estimate. In addition, it estimates the effects of various features of the SPM on poverty …

recent economic research on the welfare state and anti-poverty policy in rich countries, and explore their implications. We … begin with the conceptualisation and measurement of poverty, before sketching out some core features and approaches to the … welfare state and anti-poverty policies. We then focus on the central plank of the modern welfare state's efforts to address …