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switched between sectors. We examine, principally by regression methods, the impact of 'linked taxation' in five countries … revenue in all those countries. 'Linked progressive taxation' has evolved over recent years to become more flexible, in … particular through reforms in the sources and types of taxation which are used to finance priority expenditures, and we argue …
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We investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on income levels, poverty, and inequality in both the immediate aftermath and during the uneven recovery until December 2021 using high-frequency household survey data from India. We find that the average household incomes dropped sharply during...
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this, we argue, is that a stronger focus is needed on inclusive growth (SDG-8), and specifically redistribution with growth …
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Different concepts of inequality lead to different positions in discussions about whether economic growth leads to increasing inequality. This study investigates how over 1,100 young adults in Mozambique perceive inequality and whether their perceptions are based on relative or absolute terms....
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The United States and China are the world's largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world's economic output. This paper aims to examine whether the two economic giants are also lands of opportunity where resources are allocated in a way that minimizes...
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Declining social and economic inequalities since the late 1990s coincided with several basic shifts in Latin America's political landscape, including an electoral turn to the left and a revival of social mobilization from below. These shifts helped to 'repoliticize' inequality and return...
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Rising globalization has exerted a downward pressure on global tariffs, thereby eroding tariff revenues in developing nations. We analyse how gains from lowering import tariffs are distributed within the firm and the corresponding tax (base) implications. First, we study the effect of tariff...
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) attribute progress towards universal healthcare to higher levels of taxation, but report a negative association between taxes on …
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extraction derives from trade taxation. After significant drops in tariff levels over the last 30 years, the recovery of lost … revenues by other sources of taxation has been highly uneven among these countries. This study demonstrates that recovery has … low-income countries between 1975 and 2006 is presented. For each dollar lost in trade taxation, democratizing countries …
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Motivated by the fact that the taxation of natural resources is both crucial and particularly challenging for … conclude to the absence of such an eviction effect: we observe no effect of oil revenue on non-oil taxes through taxation …
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