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The Distributional of Impacts of Cigarette Taxation in Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorDel Carmen, Giselle
dc.contributor.authorFuchs, Alan
dc.contributor.authorGenoni, Maria Eugenia
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-16T20:44:15Z
dc.date.available2018-07-16T20:44:15Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-01
dc.description.abstractDespite the obvious positive health impacts of tobacco taxation, an argument raised against it is that poor households bear the burden of the increased prices because of their higher share of spending on tobacco. This report includes estimates of the distributional impacts of price rises on cigarettes under various scenarios using the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2016/17. One contribution of this analysis is to quantify the impacts by allowing price elasticities to vary across consumption deciles. This shows that an increase in the price of cigarettes in Bangladesh has small consumption impacts and does not significantly change the poverty rate or consumption inequality. These findings stem from relatively even cigarette consumption patterns between less and more welloff households. These results hold even if one considers some small substitution through the use of bidis, which are largely consumed by the poor. The short-term consumption impacts are also negligible compared with the estimated gains because of savings in medical costs and the greater number of productive years of life.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/956801528732279043/The-distributional-of-impacts-of-cigarette-taxation-in-Bangladesh
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/30011
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/30011
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobal Tobacco Control Program;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectTOBACCO TAX
dc.subjectCIGARETTE CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHEALTH BURDEN
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.titleThe Distributional of Impacts of Cigarette Taxation in Bangladeshen
dc.typeReporten
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okr.crossref.titleThe Distributional of Impacts of Cigarette Taxation in Bangladesh
okr.date.disclosure2018-06-11
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Public Sector Study
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/956801528732279043/The-distributional-of-impacts-of-cigarette-taxation-in-Bangladesh
okr.guid956801528732279043
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/30011
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b085bb33b0_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum29976521
okr.identifier.report127048
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/956801528732279043/pdf/127048-WP-P154568-PUBLIC-WBGTTBangladeshweb.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Disease Control & Prevention
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Tobacco Use and Control
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Taxation & Subsidies
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty and Health
okr.unitHNP ECA Region (GHN03)
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