Fiscal Redistribution and Income Inequality in Latin America

This paper documents and compares the redistributive performance of Latin American and Western European fiscal systems. Three main conclusions emerge: (i) taxes and transfers widen the difference in income inequality between the two country groups, because (ii) the redistributive impact of the fisca...

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Main Authors: Goni, Edwin, Lopez, J. Humberto, Serven, Luis
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5791