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Fiscal Policy as a Tool for Gender Equity in El Salvador

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dc.contributor.authorRobayo-Abril, Monica
dc.contributor.authorTribin, Ana Maria
dc.contributor.authorOliva, José Andrés
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-21T14:55:50Z
dc.date.available2023-08-21T14:55:50Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-21
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes fiscal incidence in El Salvador through a gender lens using the Commitment to Equity model. The study aims to identify fiscal policies that promote gender equality and facilitates evidence-based policy recommendations aimed at reducing gender disparities and promoting more inclusive fiscal policies. The analysis shows that fiscal policy is not pro-poor, as it can lead to a 3.1 percentage point increase in overall poverty using the US$6.85 2017 purchasing power parity poverty line, disproportionately impacting particular groups. Households headed by single women with at least one child under six years old experience a poverty rate increase of 4.3 percentage points, reaching an alarming rate of 42.7 percent. An increasing gender gap in poverty rates is also observed among households where women are the sole providers. The results show that the net fiscal system can increase the incidence of poverty among this group by 4.3 percentage points. In comparison, it increases by only 2.3 percentage points among their male counterparts. A microsimulation exercise of potential fiscal reforms to improve the welfare position of these households reveals that a fiscal package eliminating indirect subsidies, social security exemptions for vulnerable groups, and conditional cash transfers to households that meet certain conditions could reverse these unfavorable outcomes.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099343108172321137/IDU0a3a08c7701548045480a8e20775c73eb6688
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10547
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40231
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers; 10547
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectGENDER INEQUALITY
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectFISCAL POLICY
dc.subjectFISCAL INCIDENCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL SPENDING
dc.subjectTAXES
dc.subjectCONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectCOMMITMENT TO EQUITY MODEL
dc.titleFiscal Policy as a Tool for Gender Equity in El Salvadoren
dc.typeWorking Paper
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleFiscal Policy as a Tool for Gender Equity in El Salvador
okr.date.disclosure2023-08-17
okr.date.lastmodified2023-08-17T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099343108172321137/IDU0a3a08c7701548045480a8e20775c73eb6688
okr.guid099343108172321137
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-a3a08c77-1548-4548-a8e2-775c73eb6688
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10547
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10547
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34145160
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34145160
okr.identifier.reportWPS10547
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099343108172321137/pdf/IDU0a3a08c7701548045480a8e20775c73eb6688.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryEl Salvador
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economic Policy
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Fiscal & Monetary Policy
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Equity and Development
okr.unitEFI-ECA-POV-Poverty and Equity (EECPV)
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