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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524709803321

Autore

Lustig Nora

Titolo

Commitment to Equity Handbook : Estimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty / / Nora Lustig, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brookings Institution Press, 2018

Washington, D.C. : , : Brookings Institution Press, , [2018]

©[2018]

ISBN

9780815732211

081573221X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource.)

Disciplina

339.2/20727

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - Research

Poverty - Research

Income distribution - Research

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments CEQ Handbook 2018 -- Acknowledgments to the 2013 Edition -- Abstracts -- Introduction -- Part I: Methodology -- The CEQ Assessment: Measuring the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty -- Analytic Foundations: Measuring the Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers -- Measuring the Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers in the Presence of Reranking -- Can a Poverty-Reducing and Progressive Tax and Transfer System Hurt the Poor? -- Measuring the Effectiveness of Taxes and Transfers in Fighting Inequality and Poverty -- Part II: Implementation -- Allocating Taxes and Transfers and Constructing Income Concepts: Completing Sections A, B, and C of the CEQ Master Workbook -- Constructing Consumable Income: Including the Direct and Indirect Effects of Indirect Taxes and Subsidies -- Producing Indicators and Results, and Completing Sections D and E of the CEQ Master Workbook Using the CEQ Stata Package -- Analyzing the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Ethno-Racial Inequality -- Part III:



Applications -- Fiscal Policy, Income Redistribution, and Poverty Reduction in Low- and Middle-Income Countries -- Argentina: Taxes, Expenditures, Poverty, and Income Distribution -- Brazil: Fiscal Policy and Ethno-Racial Poverty and Inequality -- Chile: The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty -- The Dominican Republic: Fiscal Policy, Income Redistribution, and Poverty Reduction -- El Salvador: The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty -- Ghana and Tanzania: The Impact of Reforming Energy Subsidies, Cash Transfers, and Taxes on Inequality and Poverty -- Iran: An Application of the CEQ Effectiveness Indicators -- Tunisia: Fiscal Policy, Income Redistribution, and Poverty Reduction.

Uganda: The Impact of Taxes, Transfers, and Subsidies on Inequality and Poverty -- Part IV: The CEQ (Commitment to Equity) Assessment Tools -- About the Authors -- Index -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

"Examines methods for determining impact of taxation and public spending on inequality and poverty, both in theory and practice"--