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Progressivity, Redistribution and Equity, with Application to the British Tax and Benefit System

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DUCLOS, Jean-Yves

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We propose a general class of indices of horizontal inequity that complements existing classes of progressivity and vertical equity indices. The class of horizontal inequity indices can also correct for biases in measuring a general class of inequality measures. We illustrate our results using the 1985 British tax and benefit system, highlighting the separate contribution of individual taxes and benefits to the overall indices of progressivity, vertical equity, horizontal inequity, and inequality reduction.

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Paper provided by Université Laval - Département d'économique in its series Cahiers de recherche with number 9403.

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Keywords: Progressivity; Horizontal Equity; Income Redistribution;

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D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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  1. André Decoster & Guy Van Camp, 2000. "Redistributive Effects of the Shift from Personal Income Taxes to Indirect Taxes: Belgium 1988-1993," Public Economics Working Paper Series ces0007, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Working Group Public Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Jean-Yves Duclos & Vincent Jalbert & Abdelkrim Araar, 2001. "Classical Horizontal Inequity and Reranking: an Integrated Approach," UFAE and IAE Working Papers 478.01, Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC). [Downloadable!]
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  3. Duclos, Jean-Yves & Jalbert, Vincent & Araar, Abdelkrim, 2003. "Classical Horizontal Inequity and Reranking: an Integrating Approach," Cahiers de recherche 0306, CIRPEE. [Downloadable!]
  4. Herwig Immervoll & Horacio Levy & Christine Lietz & Daniela Manotvani & Cathal O’Donoghue & Holly Sutherland & Gerlinde Verbist, 2005. "Household Incomes and Redistribution in the European Union: Quantifying the Equalising Properties of Taxes and Benefits," IZA Discussion Papers 1824, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  5. John A. Bishop & John P. Formby & Peter Lambert, 1999. "Redistribution Through the Income Tax: The Vertical and Horizontal Effects of Noncompliance and Tax Evasion," Working Papers 9916, East Carolina University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Verbist G, 2004. "Redistributive Effect And Progressivity Of Taxes An International Comparison Across The EU Using EUROMOD," EUROMOD Working Papers EM5/04, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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