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dc.contributor.authorImmervoll, Herwigen
dc.contributor.authorLevy, Horacioen
dc.contributor.authorNogueira, José Ricardoen
dc.contributor.authorO'Donoghue, Cathalen
dc.contributor.authorde Siqueira, Rozane Bezerraen
dc.date.accessioned2006-11-16-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T09:51:54Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T09:51:54Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/33838-
dc.description.abstractThe Brazilian government raises taxes amounting to 35% of GDP and spends more than two thirds of this on social programmes. These shares are in pair with the OECD averages and well in excess of Latin America averages. However, while tax-benefit systems in most OECD countries reduce income disparities very significantly, the Brazilian government has been much less successful in alleviating inequality and poverty. Focussing on taxes and cash transfers, this paper investigates the impact of the government budget on the income distribution in Brazil, and evaluates its efficiency and effectiveness in reducing inequality and poverty. We present BRAHMS, a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Brazil and illustrate its use by evaluating the impact of policy on economic inequality. It is argued that microsimulation provides a valuable analytical tool for policy makers in emerging and developing countries in particular.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x2114en
dc.subject.jelH22en
dc.subject.jelH23en
dc.subject.jelC81en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordBrazilen
dc.subject.keywordinequalityen
dc.subject.keywordpovertyen
dc.subject.keywordredistributionen
dc.subject.keywordmicrosimulationen
dc.titleThe impact of Brazil's tax-benefit system on inequality and poverty-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn520217772en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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