Health and Distributional Impacts of a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Kazakhstan
The promotion of healthy diets is at the center of many strategies to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) are the target of many of these strategies given their contribution to obesity and...
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okr-10986-339702021-05-25T09:54:55Z Health and Distributional Impacts of a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Kazakhstan Fuchs, Alan Mandeville, Kate Alonso-Soria, Ana Cristina TAXATION EXCISE TAX INCOME DISTRIBUTION BEVERAGE TAX NUTRITION OBESITY DIABETES PRICE ELASTICITY The promotion of healthy diets is at the center of many strategies to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) are the target of many of these strategies given their contribution to obesity and related diseases. In addition to detrimental health effects, overconsumption of SSBs can result in economic costs derived from health care expenditures, forgone productivity, permanent disability, and premature death. The World Health Organization (WHO 2017a) has concluded that one of the most effective tools for reducing obesity rates and other related NCDs is the implementation of taxes to increase the prices of SSBs by at least 20 percent. Epidemiological models indicate that taxing SSBs by sugar content could result in a 200 million-pound (90.7 million kilogram) weight reduction worldwide (Grummon, et al. 2019). This report represents the first adaptation of the extended cost-benefit analysis methodology to examine taxes on SSBs. The main outcome of interest is the net effect of the taxes on household income via three channels: (1) larger amount of household budget expenditure on SSBs, (2) savings in out-of-pocket (OOP) spending on health care because of lower disease incidence associated with reduced SSB consumption, and (3) higher labor income resulting from an increase in life-expectancy. The model uses the simplified assumption that a reduction in the consumption of SSBs has an immediate effect on health and so on employment-related income. 2020-06-24T19:23:46Z 2020-06-24T19:23:46Z 2020-04 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/965481592449291519/Support-for-Sugary-Drinks-Taxes-Health-and-Distributional-Impacts-of-a-Tax-on-Sugar-Sweetened-Beverages-in-Kazakhstan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33970 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study Europe and Central Asia Kazakhstan |
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TAXATION EXCISE TAX INCOME DISTRIBUTION BEVERAGE TAX NUTRITION OBESITY DIABETES PRICE ELASTICITY Fuchs, Alan Mandeville, Kate Alonso-Soria, Ana Cristina Health and Distributional Impacts of a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Kazakhstan |
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The promotion of healthy diets is at the
center of many strategies to prevent and control
noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide. Sugar-sweetened
beverages (SSB) are the target of many of these strategies
given their contribution to obesity and related diseases. In
addition to detrimental health effects, overconsumption of
SSBs can result in economic costs derived from health care
expenditures, forgone productivity, permanent disability,
and premature death. The World Health Organization (WHO
2017a) has concluded that one of the most effective tools
for reducing obesity rates and other related NCDs is the
implementation of taxes to increase the prices of SSBs by at
least 20 percent. Epidemiological models indicate that
taxing SSBs by sugar content could result in a 200
million-pound (90.7 million kilogram) weight reduction
worldwide (Grummon, et al. 2019). This report represents the
first adaptation of the extended cost-benefit analysis
methodology to examine taxes on SSBs. The main outcome of
interest is the net effect of the taxes on household income
via three channels: (1) larger amount of household budget
expenditure on SSBs, (2) savings in out-of-pocket (OOP)
spending on health care because of lower disease incidence
associated with reduced SSB consumption, and (3) higher
labor income resulting from an increase in life-expectancy.
The model uses the simplified assumption that a reduction in
the consumption of SSBs has an immediate effect on health
and so on employment-related income. |
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Fuchs, Alan Mandeville, Kate Alonso-Soria, Ana Cristina |
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Fuchs, Alan Mandeville, Kate Alonso-Soria, Ana Cristina |
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Fuchs, Alan |
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Health and Distributional Impacts of a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Kazakhstan |
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Health and Distributional Impacts of a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Kazakhstan |
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Health and Distributional Impacts of a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Kazakhstan |
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Health and Distributional Impacts of a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Kazakhstan |
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Health and Distributional Impacts of a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Kazakhstan |
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health and distributional impacts of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in kazakhstan |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/965481592449291519/Support-for-Sugary-Drinks-Taxes-Health-and-Distributional-Impacts-of-a-Tax-on-Sugar-Sweetened-Beverages-in-Kazakhstan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33970 |
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