on poverty reduction and income redistribution. We also present a static microsimulation to analyse the potential impacts …, intensity, and severity of poverty are, in the best of cases, moderate and, although their progressivity is high, their …

decomposition of poverty and inequality in 2000–2018 using official national household surveys. We find the growth since 2012 …, unlike before, was consistently pro-poor. Moreover, growth and redistribution aligned after 2012 to reduce poverty, whereas …-poor. Finally, the overall trends in the quality of growth and its contribution and that of redistribution to poverty adjustments …

economic growth and employment with making serious inroads into poverty. We conclude with directions for future research. … poverty before sketching out some core features and approaches to the welfare state and antipoverty policies. We then focus on … the central plank of the modern welfare state's efforts to address poverty—namely, social protection, discussing in turn …

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 …

This paper estimates the impact of Tunisia's tax and transfer system on inequality and poverty and assesses the … inequality and extreme poverty significantly. However, based on the national poverty line, the headcount ratio increases …

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 …