Decomposing Changes in Income Inequality into Vertical and Horizontal Redistribution and Reranking, with Applications to China and Vietnam

Decomposing Changes in Income Inequality into Vertical and Horizontal Redistribution and Reranking, with Applications to China and Vietnam

It is acknowledged that the lack of any systematic link between growth and income inequality does not necessarily mean that economic growth is not accompanied by major changes in the underlying income distribution. The author uses a method devised to decompose the redistributive effect of a tax to a...

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Main Author: Wagstaff, Adam
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BASE YEAR
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COUPONS
CPI
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMISTS
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
FARM INCOME
FISH
GDP
GINI COEFFICIENT
GINI INDEX
HORIZONTAL EQUITY
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME SHARES
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LAND REFORM
LIVING STANDARDS
LORENZ CURVE
MARKET ECONOMIES
MEAN INCOME
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOME/CONSUMPTION
PERSONAL INCOME TAXES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR
PRICE DIFFERENCES
SELECTION BIAS
TAX REFORM
TAXATION
TRADE REFORMS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSITION ECONOMY
VERTICAL EQUITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5731495/decomposing-changes-income-inequality-vertical-horizontal-redistribution-reranking-applications-china-vietnam
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8969

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5731495/decomposing-changes-income-inequality-vertical-horizontal-redistribution-reranking-applications-china-vietnam
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8969

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