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Taxation and Inequality in Developing Countries: Lessons from the Recent Experience of Latin AmericaPart of Journal Special Issue Fiscal Policy, State Building and Economic Development
tax policy Inequality RedistributionWorking Paper
Legal empowerment and group-based inequalityLegal empowerment has become widely accepted in development policy circles as an approach to addressing poverty and exclusion...
Legal empowerment Ethnicity Horizontal inequalityWorking Paper
Estimating the scale of profit shifting and tax revenue losses related to foreign direct investmentGovernments’ revenues are lower when multinational enterprises avoid paying corporate income tax by shifting their profits to tax havens...
Foreign Direct Investment corporate income tax tax avoidanceWorking Paper
Fiscal pressure of migration & horizontal fiscal inequality: Evidence from Indian experienceThis paper examines the patterns and trends in inter-state migration across Indian states and observes that migration is affected by demographic profile as well as the fiscal profile of states...
Migration Inequality DemographyJournal Article
Estimating the level and distribution of global wealth, 2000–2014Part of Journal Special Issue Inequality
Wealth Assets DebtsJournal Article
Global inequality: Relatively lower, absolutely higherPart of Journal Special Issue Inequality
Global interpersonal inequality Inequality Inequality measurementJournal Article
Inequality: Measurement, trends, impacts and policiesPart of Journal Special Issue Inequality
Developing countries Inequality PovertyJournal Special Issue
Inequality: Measurement, trends, impacts and policiesMany low- and middle-income countries are achieving good rates of economic growth, while high inequality remains a priority concern...
Inequality Economic growth PovertyWorking Paper
Educational inequality in MozambiqueIn very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above the rest...
Education Economic development InequalityWorking Paper
Investigating growing inequality in MozambiqueIn this paper, we investigate the long-term trend of consumption inequality in Mozambique...
Inequality Mozambique DecompositionWorking Paper
Inequality, ethnicity, and social cohesionHow do changes in socio-economic inequality between ethnic groups affect interethnic ties in a divided society?...
Inequality Ethnicity Violent conflictWorking Paper
Inequality and fiscal redistribution in Mexico: 1992–2015This paper uses income and expenditure surveys from 1992 to 2014 and public tax and spending accounts to estimate the redistributive impact of Mexico’s fiscal system over this period...
Fiscal incidence Taxation Social spendingWorking Paper
Global inequality in length of life: 1950–2015This paper provides a broad picture of national, regional and global trends of inequality in length of life over the period 1950–2015...
Inequality Lifespan Mortality ratesWorking Paper
Labour income inequality in Mexico: Puzzles solved and unsolvedWe analyse the evolution and proximate determinants of labour income inequality in Mexico between 1989 and 2017. Labour income inequality increased between 1989 and 1994 and declined between 1994 and 2006...
Inequality Labour income Post-survey reweightingWorking Paper
Is inequality underestimated in Mozambique?: Accounting for underreported consumptionHousehold budget surveys in sub-Saharan Africa are designed to facilitate poverty measurement and may fail to fully capture consumption in wealthy households. As a result, inequality is likely underestimated...
Consumption underreporting Household surveys InequalityBlog
Taking steps to overcome inequality in South Africa
Engagement is needed at all levels to address ongoing inequality faced in South Africa. This was the primary aim of a recent policy seminar in Pretoria, organized through the framework of the Mandela Initiative and partners, including UNU-WIDER...
Inequality development policy Structural transformation