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The Distributional Impact of Taxes and Social Spending in Romania

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dc.contributor.authorMilitaru, Eva
dc.contributor.authorInchauste, Gabriela
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-23T19:21:23Z
dc.date.available2018-08-23T19:21:23Z
dc.date.issued2018-08
dc.description.abstractThe combined effect of taxes and social spending in Romania helps to reduce inequality, although less so than in other European Union countries. However, the combination of direct and indirect taxes and transfers leads to an increase in poverty, as direct cash transfers to poor households are not large enough to compensate them for the burden of indirect taxes. This is especially important for rural households and families with children. Moreover, recent reductions in the rates for personal income and value-added taxes are expected to have led to an increase in inequality, as most of the tax relief accrued to the top of the income distribution. Although these changes likely helped to reduce poverty, they were an expensive way to achieve a small decline in the poverty rate. Higher and better targeted social assistance spending could have achieved better distributional results at a much lower fiscal cost. These results call for greater use of simulation tools that could inform policy makers and the public of the fiscal costs and redistributive impacts of proposed reforms.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/915561535028397212/The-distributional-impact-of-taxes-and-social-spending-in-Romania
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8565
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/30292
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8565
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectSOCIAL SPENDING
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
dc.subjectFISCAL POLICY
dc.subjectFISCAL INCIDENCE
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectTAXES
dc.subjectINDIRECT TAX
dc.subjectSOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectTAX RELIEF
dc.subjectVALUE-ADDED TAX
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.titleThe Distributional Impact of Taxes and Social Spending in Romaniaen
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okr.region.administrativeEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.countryRomania
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okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Taxation & Subsidies
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Services & Transfers to Poor
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice
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