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Incidencia de la Política Fiscal en la Desigualdad y la Pobreza en Honduras

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La pobreza y la desigualdad son problemáticas que afectan a la población centroamericana, especialmente la que reside en el área rural. La política fiscal es la herramienta principal con la que cuentan los Estados para reducir la desigualdad. La reducción de la desigualdad incide, a su vez, en la disminución de los niveles de pobreza. Para determinar la incidencia de la política fiscal en la reducción de la pobreza y la desigualdad en Centroamérica se utilizó la metodología de «Compromiso por la Equidad» (CEQ, por sus siglas en inglés). En términos generales, las intervenciones fiscales (impuestos y transferencias directas) aumentan la pobreza en la región centroamericana, en cuyos países el incremento de la pobreza se da cuando se transita del ingreso disponible al posfiscal; es decir, después del pago de los impuestos indirectos, lo cual obedece a la naturaleza regresiva de este tipo de tributos. En Honduras, la política fiscal tiene una leve incidencia en la reducción de la desigualdad a través del gasto público, no mediante los impuestos. Las erogaciones en educación y salud, así como las transferencias, constituyen los elementos que más inciden en la reducción de la desigualdad. La política fiscal hondureña aumenta la pobreza

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  • Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Fiscales–ICEFI, 2017. "Incidencia de la Política Fiscal en la Desigualdad y la Pobreza en Honduras," Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Working Paper Series 51, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Honduras; política fiscal; desarrollo rural; pobreza; desigualdad; CEQ;
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    JEL classification:

    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • R51 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Finance in Urban and Rural Economies
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • H22 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Incidence

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