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Tax-benefit microsimulation : feasibility study in Ethiopia

Mengistu, Andualem T.; Molla, Kiflu G.; Woldeyes, Firew B. - 2015

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of building a microsiumlation model of the Ethiopian tax and benefits system. We first provide a detailed describtion of the tax and benefits system of the country. This includes qualifying criteria, tax brakcets, and exemptions. We then...

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Tax-benefit microsimulation in Ecuador : a feasibility study

Jara, H. Xavier - 2015

The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility to implement a tax and benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador using EUROMOD as an interface. We first present a detailed description of the main components of the tax and benefit system in Ecuador for year 2014. We then describe available...

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Microsimulation of tax-benefit systems in the Global South : a comparative assessment

Lastunen, Jesse; Mahieu, Antoine de; Gasior, Katrin; … - 2024

to poverty and inequality. Additionally, we assess gender disparities in outcomes, quantify the distributional effects of …

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Welfare losses, preferences for redistribution, and political participation : evidence from the United Kingdom's age of austerity

Justino, Patricia; Martorano, Bruno; Metzger, Laura - 2023

, and peaceful protesting-and the role of preferences for redistribution in shaping the relationship between individual … from austerity increases political participation and strengthens preferences for government redistribution. The … experimental data suggests that changes in individual preferences for redistribution significantly shape the effect of austerity on …

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Welfare and redistributive effects of social assistance in the Global South

Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2019

labour markets. Moreover, the paper highlights the knowledge gaps with regard to the longer-term and gender-specific welfare …

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Worker retraining and transfer payments : the political economy of social protection

Jain, Sanjay - 2017

redistribution and retraining - that arguably characterize many reform packages. We analyse the interaction of compensatory … redistribution and retraining programmes, and demonstrate that the provision of redistributive programmes might distort incentives …. Conversely, it may be possible for an economic reform to win political support in the absence of compensatory redistribution …

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Regime type, inequality, and redistributive transfers in developing countries

Dodlova, Marina; Giolbas, Anna - 2017

The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution is ongoing. We construct a model … that predicts higher probability of redistribution in democracies than autocracies through social transfers. Higher … inequality leads to more redistribution in democracies but not necessarily in autocracies. Using the new data on Non …

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Voter coercion and pro-poor redistribution in rural Mexico

Filipovich, Dragan; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Santillán … - 2021

Voter coercion is a recurrent threat to pro-poor redistribution in young democracies. In this study we focus on Mexico …

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Analysis of the distributional effects of COVID19 and state-led remedial measures in South Africa

Barnes, Helen; Espi-Sanchis, Gabriel; Leibbrandt, Murray V. - 2021

This paper explores the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa on income poverty and inequality in South Africa. Using a static tax-benefit microsimulation model with input datasets that were adjusted to reflect people's earned incomes just before the pandemic (March...

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Distributional impacts of agricultural policies in Zambia : a microsimulation approach

Gasior, Katrin; Navarro, Silvia; Pirttilä, Jukka; … - 2022

This paper examines the distributional impacts of agricultural policies versus those of cash transfers using a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia for the policy year 2020. The analysis also considers the behavioural impacts of input subsidies and social cash transfers. The results...

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