The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy in Honduras / / David Locke Newhouse, Irene Yackovlev, Robert Gillingham

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788235203321
• Autore: Newhouse David Locke
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008
• ISBN: 1-4623-1947-5; 1-4527-4504-8; 1-4518-7026-4; 1-282-84119-X; 9786612841194
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (22 p.)
• Collana: IMF Working Papers; IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/168
• Altri autori (Persone): YackovlevIrene; GillinghamRobert
• Disciplina: 336.2
• Soggetti: Taxation - Honduras; Fiscal policy - Honduras; Macroeconomics; Public Finance; Corporate Taxation; Aggregate Factor Income Distribution; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions; Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth; Fiscal Policy; Business Taxes and Subsidies; Corporate & business tax; Income; Personal income; Consumption; Fiscal policy; Corporate income tax; Economics; Corporations; Taxation; Honduras
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; I. Introduction; II. Methodology; Data sources; Estimation of taxes and price subsidies; Estimation of other government benefits; Classifying variables; Tables; 1. Household Demographic Characteristics; III. The Incidence of Direct and Indirect Taxes; 2. Distribution of Consumption and Income; Direct taxes; 3. Tax Revenues by Type, 2004-2006; 4. Tax Rate Schedule; Indirect taxes; 5. Distribution of Personal and Corporate Income Taxes; IV. Distribution of Government Spending Programs and Implicit Subsidies; Subsidies and grants; 6. Distribution of Indirect Taxes; Government expenditure on health and education7. Distribution of Subsidies and Grants; 8. Distribution of MOH Health Spending; 9. Distribution of Education Spending; Pension systems; 10. Pension System Contribution Rates; V. Summary and Conclusions; 11. Distribution of Pension System Subsidies; 12. Distributional Effects of Fiscal Policy; Figures; 1. Income and Consumption by Income per Capita Quintile; Appendix; I. Effect of Classifying Households by Income per Capita; 2. Income and Consumption by Consumption per Capita Quintile; 13. Distributional Effects of Fiscal Policy (Income per Capita Quintiles)3. Effect of Changing Classifying Variable on Means; References
• Sommario/riassunto: This paper uses household survey data to estimate the incidence of tax and spending programs in Honduras. Any such exercise is fraught with difficulty, so our simplifying assumptions are carefully explained. Rather than look at tax and spending completely independently, we evaluate net incidence of major programs-such as health care and pensions-to get a more holistic evaluation of redistribution. Our results show that fiscal policy is, on balance, progressive, but that there is room for significant improvement. In particular, energy subsidies, university education and public pension programs provide disproportionate benefits to higher-income households.

A Critically Compassionate Approach to Financial Literacy / / by Thomas A. Lucey, Mary Frances Agnello, James Duke Laney

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460925803321
• Autore: Lucey Thomas A.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Rotterdam : , : SensePublishers : , : Imprint : SensePublishers, , 2015
• ISBN: 9789463001304; 9463001301
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2015.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.02400835
• Soggetti: Education
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / Thomas A. Lucey , Mary Frances Agnello and Laney James Duke -- The Nature of Financial Literacy / Thomas A. Lucey , Mary Frances Agnello and Laney James Duke -- Income / Thomas A. Lucey , Mary Frances Agnello and Laney James Duke -- Careers / Thomas A. Lucey , Mary Frances Agnello and Laney James Duke -- Planning and Money Management / Thomas A. Lucey , Mary Frances Agnello and Laney James Duke -- Risk Management and Insurance / Thomas A. Lucey , Mary Frances Agnello and Laney James Duke -- Credit and Debt / Thomas A. Lucey , Mary Frances Agnello and Laney James Duke -- Saving and Investing / Thomas A. Lucey , Mary Frances Agnello and Laney James Duke -- Living on the Margins / Thomas A. Lucey , Mary Frances Agnello and Laney James Duke.
• Sommario/riassunto: A Critically Compassionate Approachto Financial Literacy offers a unique approach to conceptualizing financial literacy. Differentiating between notions of financial worth and personal self-worth, the authors present a description of financial literacy tenets founded in principles of self-awareness and cooperative community that are rooted in principles of compassion. Basing their work on principles of psychological and archeological research that associates personal wellness with self-security based on principles of trust, the authors posit that personal fulfillment occurs independently of accumulated financial resources. Featuring standards for Grades 4 and 8, offering stimulating questions for discussion, and ideas for classroom activities, ; ACritically Compassionate Approach to Financial Literacy represents an engaging classroom resource for elementary and middle level social studies methods courses as well as those that concern topics that relate to culturally responsive teaching and social justice. Regardless of your financial background and awareness, this text will challenge your thinking about the meaning of being financially literate and the consequences for society.