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Measuring the distributional impact of taxation and public spending

Working Paper 2019-509

Abstract

Taxation and public spending are key policy levers the state has in its power to change the distribution

Authors: Nora Lustig.

Keywords: fiscal incidence, taxation, social spending, transfers, pensions, progressivity, distributional
JEL: D31, H22, I32, I38.