Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/211193 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2018/155
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper assesses the effects of public policies on income taxes and benefits in six African countries. The comparative analysis focuses on the distribution and composition of incomes and assesses the effect of these policies on inequality and poverty. The results are based on newly developed microsimulation models for Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia. They highlight differences in tax and benefit systems among these African countries, show the extent (or lack) of support available for different population sub-groups, and disentangles the redistributive impact of various income components.
Subjects: 
Africa
tax-benefit systems
poverty
income inequality
microsimulation
JEL: 
C15
H24
I3
N37
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-597-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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