Tax-benefit incidence of value added tax on food and medicine to fund progressive social expenditure
Working Paper 2011-194 Abstract In 2009, the Mexican Congress received a proposal of a generalized 2% increase in the statutory
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Capturing the distribution sensitivity among the poor in a multidimensional framework. A new proposal
Working Paper 2011-193 Abstract This paper aims to explore properties that guarantee that multidimensional poverty indices are sensitive to the
Read MoreIs there a metropolitan bias? The inverse relationship between poverty and city size in selected developing countries
Working Paper 2011-192 Abstract Authors: . Keywords: poverty and city size, urban poverty, slums. JEL: I32, O18, R20. Download Working
Read MorePolarization, growth and social policy. The case of Israel, 1997 to 2008
Working Paper 2011-191 Abstract Authors: . Keywords: Polarization, poverty, multiresolution analysis. JEL: H54, I21, I3, J1, O15, O53. Download Working
Read MoreOccupational segregation by race and ethnicity in the US
Working Paper 2011-190 Abstract Authors: . Keywords: occupational segregation, race, ethnicity, states, United States. JEL: J15, J71, D63 Download Working
Read MoreBeyond the Joneses
Working Paper 2011-189 Abstract Our paper provides some novel evidence on the burgeoning literature on life satisfaction and relative comparisons
Read MoreAn intra-group variance based polarization measure
Working Paper 2011-188 Abstract In this paper, it will be shown that polarization not only depends on identification and alienation.
Read MoreRedistributive effects in a dual income tax system
Working Paper 2010-187 Abstract Equity issues of the dual income tax have been left aside in the field of economics.
Read MoreEvaluating welfare reform under program heterogeneity and alternative measures of success
Working Paper 2010-186 Abstract Authors: . Keywords: welfare, poverty, program evaluation, multiple treatments. JEL: I38, I31 Download Working Paper 186
Read MoreConditional occupational segregation of minorities in the U.S.
Working Paper 2010-185 Abstract In this paper, we use a propensity score-based methodology to analyze the role of demographic and
Read MoreTax progression
Working Paper 2010-184 Abstract Authors: Kirill Pogorelskiy, Christian Seidl , Stefan Traub. Keywords: income tax progression, measurement of uniform tax
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