The Impact of Taxes and Expenditures on Poverty and Income Distribution in Argentina and Some Policy Simulations

Using standard fiscal incidence analysis, this paper estimates the impact of tax and expenditure policies on income distribution and poverty in Argentina with data from the National Household Survey on Incomes and Expenditures 2012-2013. The results show that fiscal policy has been a powerful tool i...

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Autor principal: Rossignolo, Darío
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Publicado: Instituto de Economía y Finanzas. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Universidada Nacional de Córdoba. 2016
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spelling I10-R10-article-194282022-04-06T18:09:27Z The Impact of Taxes and Expenditures on Poverty and Income Distribution in Argentina and Some Policy Simulations El impacto de los impuestos y gastos sobre la pobreza y la distribución de ingresos en Argentina y algunas simulaciones de políticas Rossignolo, Darío impuestos gastos públicos desigualdad pobreza H2 I3 D3 taxes public expenditures inequality poverty H2 I3 D3 Using standard fiscal incidence analysis, this paper estimates the impact of tax and expenditure policies on income distribution and poverty in Argentina with data from the National Household Survey on Incomes and Expenditures 2012-2013. The results show that fiscal policy has been a powerful tool in reducing inequality and poverty but that the unusually high levels of public spending may make the programs unsustainable. The impact of several policy measures carried out by the government have also been simulated. Utilizando un análisis de incidencia fiscal estándar, este trabajo estima el impacto de las políticas tributarias y de gasto público en la distribución del ingreso y la pobreza en Argentina con datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Gastos de los Hogares 2012-2013. Los resultados muestran que la políticas fiscal ha sido una poderosa herramienta en la reducción de la desigualdad y la pobreza pero los inusualmente elevados niveles de gasto público podrían hacer que los programas resulten no sustentables. Se ha simulado también el impacto de algunas medidas de política fiscal llevadas a cabo por el gobierno. Instituto de Economía y Finanzas. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Universidada Nacional de Córdoba. 2016-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REyE/article/view/19428 Revista de Economía y Estadística; Vol. 54 No. 1 (2016); 13-58 Revista de Economía y Estadística; Vol. 54 Núm. 1 (2016); 13-58 2451-7321 0034-8066 10.55444/2451.7321.2016.v54.n1 eng https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REyE/article/view/19428/20040 Derechos de autor 2016 Darío Rossignolo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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topic impuestos
gastos públicos
desigualdad
pobreza
H2
I3
D3
taxes
public expenditures
inequality
poverty
H2
I3
D3
spellingShingle impuestos
gastos públicos
desigualdad
pobreza
H2
I3
D3
taxes
public expenditures
inequality
poverty
H2
I3
D3
Rossignolo, Darío
The Impact of Taxes and Expenditures on Poverty and Income Distribution in Argentina and Some Policy Simulations
topic_facet impuestos
gastos públicos
desigualdad
pobreza
H2
I3
D3
taxes
public expenditures
inequality
poverty
H2
I3
D3
author Rossignolo, Darío
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title The Impact of Taxes and Expenditures on Poverty and Income Distribution in Argentina and Some Policy Simulations
title_short The Impact of Taxes and Expenditures on Poverty and Income Distribution in Argentina and Some Policy Simulations
title_full The Impact of Taxes and Expenditures on Poverty and Income Distribution in Argentina and Some Policy Simulations
title_fullStr The Impact of Taxes and Expenditures on Poverty and Income Distribution in Argentina and Some Policy Simulations
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Taxes and Expenditures on Poverty and Income Distribution in Argentina and Some Policy Simulations
title_sort impact of taxes and expenditures on poverty and income distribution in argentina and some policy simulations
description Using standard fiscal incidence analysis, this paper estimates the impact of tax and expenditure policies on income distribution and poverty in Argentina with data from the National Household Survey on Incomes and Expenditures 2012-2013. The results show that fiscal policy has been a powerful tool in reducing inequality and poverty but that the unusually high levels of public spending may make the programs unsustainable. The impact of several policy measures carried out by the government have also been simulated.
publisher Instituto de Economía y Finanzas. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Universidada Nacional de Córdoba.
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url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REyE/article/view/19428
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