High Inequality, Low Revenue: Redistributive Efficiency on Latin American Fiscal Policy in Comparative Perspective
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
May 2002
Subject
Fiscal Policy;
Population Statistic;
Citizen Security and Crime Prevention;
Poverty;
Social Development
Category
Working Papers
There are three principal redistributive fiscal instruments available to governments in modern mixed economies: a) progressive taxes on income or assets, b) monetary transfers (social security and social assistance), and c) non- monetary transfers, or the subsidized provision of goods and services.
