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The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty in Chile

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dc.contributor.authorMartinez-Aguilar, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorFuchs, Alan
dc.contributor.authorOrtiz-Juarez, Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorDel Carmen, Giselle
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T17:48:44Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T17:48:44Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper applies a comprehensive tax-benefit incidence analysis to estimate the distributional effects of fiscal policy in Chile in 2013. Four results are indicative of an overall positive net effect of fiscal interventions on poverty and inequality. First, subsidies exert a positive, yet modest effect on poverty and inequality, whereas direct transfers are progressive, equalizing, and reduce the poverty headcount by 4 to 5 percentage points, depending on the poverty line used. Second, although social contributions are unequalizing and poverty-increasing, direct taxes on personal income are equalizing and poverty-neutral, whereas indirect taxes are poverty-increasing but exert a counterintuitive, yet feasible equalizing effect known as Lambert's conundrum. Third, social spending on tertiary education is slightly equalizing but it is not pro-poor, contrary to the effects of social spending on basic and secondary education and health, which are not only equalizing but also pro-poor. Finally, the net effect of Chile's tax/transfer system leaves fewer individuals impoverished relative to the number of fiscal gainers, and the magnitude of monetary fiscal gains is significantly higher than that of fiscal impoverishment.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/924981484072376329/The-impact-of-fiscal-policy-on-inequality-and-poverty-in-Chile
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7939
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/25948
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper,no. WPS 7939;
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7939
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectfiscal policy
dc.subjectinequality
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectsocial assistance
dc.subjecttaxation
dc.subjectpoverty line
dc.subjecttertiary education
dc.subjectpro-poor
dc.titleThe Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty in Chileen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
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okr.crossref.titleThe Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty in Chile
okr.date.disclosure2017-01-10
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/924981484072376329/The-impact-of-fiscal-policy-on-inequality-and-poverty-in-Chile
okr.guid924981484072376329
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7939
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum27085160
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/924981484072376329/pdf/WPS7939.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeLatin America and Caribbean
okr.region.countryChile
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okr.statistics.dr924981484072376329
okr.statistics.drstats2490
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Taxation & Subsidies
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Pro-Poor Growth
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Fiscal & Monetary Policy
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Services & Transfers to Poor
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice Group
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