Latin America and the Social Contract : Patterns of Social Spending and Taxation

This paper presents an incidence analysis of both social spending and taxation for seven Latin American countries, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The analysis shows that Latin American countries are headed de facto toward a minimalist w...

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Main Authors:	Breceda, Karla, Rigolini, Jamele, Saavedra, Jaime
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE AMOUNTS ADDED TAXES BENEFICIARIES CALCULATIONS CASH TRANSFERS COMMODITIES COMMODITY CONSUMER CONSUMER SURPLUS CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS CORPORATE TAXES CROSS SUBSIDIES DEVELOPMENT BANK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC TRENDS EVASION FOOD PROGRAMS FOOD SUBSIDIES GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT SPENDING HEALTH SPENDING HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HOUSING SUBSIDIES INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME TAX INCOME TAXES INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS INDIVIDUAL SAVINGS INEQUALITY LATIN AMERICAN LEVY NATURAL RESOURCES PENSION PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS PENSION SYSTEM PENSION SYSTEMS PENSIONS PER CAPITA INCOME POOR POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PROPERTY TAXES PROVISIONS PUBLIC PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC TRANSFER RETIREMENT SAFETY NETS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SPENDING SPECIFIC TAXES TAX BREAKS TAX COLLECTION TAX ENFORCEMENT TAX EVASION TAX REFORM TAX REFORMS TAX REVENUES TAX SHIFTING TAXATION WELFARE PROGRAMS WELFARE STATE WELFARE STATES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9372221/latin-america-social-contract-patterns-social-spending-taxation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6763

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