Poverty and Equity

Duclos, Jean–Yves; Araar, Abdelkrim

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“…21 All the theoretical derivations that link changes in inequality to the progressivity of fiscal interventions have been derived from the so-called family of S-Gini indicators, of which the Gini coefficient is one case. See, for example, Duclos and Araar (2006). While it is possible (and desirable) to calculate the impact of fiscal policy on inequality using other indicators, it is not possible to link them to the progressivity of the interventions.…”

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Fiscal Policy, Inequality and the Poor in the Developing World

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2016

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research provides economic analysis and policy advice with the aim of promoting sustainable and equitable development. The Institute began operations in 1985 in Helsinki, Finland, as the first research and training centre of the United Nations University. Today it is a unique blend of think tank, research institute, and UN agency-providing a range of services from policy advice to governments as well as freely available original research. Terms of use: Documents inThe Institute is funded through income from an endowment fund with additional contributions to its work programme from Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, 00160 Helsinki, FinlandThe views expressed in this paper are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Institute or the United Nations University, nor the programme/project donors. Abstract: Using comparable fiscal incidence analysis, this paper examines the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty in 25 countries for around 2010. Success in fiscal redistribution is driven primarily by redistributive effort (share of social spending to GDP in each country) and the extent to which transfers/subsidies are targeted at the poor and direct taxes targeted at the rich. While fiscal policy always reduces inequality, this is not the case with poverty. Fiscal policy increases poverty in 4 countries using a US$1.25/day PPP poverty line, in 8 countries using a US$2.50/day line, and in 15 countries using a US$4/day line (over and above market income poverty). Net direct taxes are always equalizing and net indirect taxes are equalizing in 17 of the 25 countries. While spending on pre-school and primary school is pro-poor (i.e. the per capita transfer declines with income) in almost all countries, pro-poor secondary school spending is less prevalent, and tertiary education spending tends to be progressive only in relative terms (i.e. equalizing but not pro-poor). Health spending is always equalizing.

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Fiscal Policy, Inequality and the Poor in the Developing World

Lustig

2016

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“…All the theoretical derivations that link changes in inequality to the progressivity of fiscal interventions have been derived based on the socalled family of S-Gini indicators, of which the Gini coefficient is one case. See for example,Duclos and Araar (2006). While one can calculate the impact of fiscal policy on inequality using other indicators (and one should), it will not be possible to link them to the progressivity of the interventions.22 Other measures of inequality such as the Theil index or the 90/10 ratio are available in the individual studies.…”

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Fiscal policy, inequality, and the poor in the developing world

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2016

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Using comparable fiscal incidence analysis, this paper examines the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty in twenty-five countries for around 2010. Success in fiscal redistribution is driven primarily by redistributive effort (share of social spending to GDP in each country) and the extent to which transfers/subsidies are targeted to the poor and direct taxes targeted to the rich. While fiscal policy always reduces inequality, this is not the case with poverty. Fiscal policy increases poverty in four countries using US$1.25/day PPP poverty line, in 8 countries using US$2.50/day line, and 15 countries using the US$4/day line (over and above market income poverty). While spending on preschool and primary school is pro-poor (i.e., the per capita transfer declines with income) in almost all countries, pro-poor secondary school spending is less prevalent, and tertiary education spending tends to be progressive only in relative terms (i.e., equalizing but not pro-poor). Health spending is always equalizing except for Jordan.

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“…There is a large literature on the measurement of poverty. See, among others, Atkinson 1987, Zheng 1997, Duclos and Araar 2006, Chakravarty 2009, and Ravallion 2016a. An interesting new measure has been proposed by Castleman, Foster, and Smith.…”

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Poverty and Equity

Abstract: This series will publish volumes that go beyond the traditional concepts of consumption, income or wealth and will offer a broad, inclusive view of inequality and well-being.

Cited by 169 publications

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Fiscal Policy, Inequality and the Poor in the Developing World

Fiscal Policy, Inequality and the Poor in the Developing World

Fiscal policy, inequality, and the poor in the developing world

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