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Is the Moroccan Fiscal System Progressive ? A Shapley Decomposition

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  • Touhami Abdelkhalek
  • Dorothee Boccanfuso

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Public policies, particularly those related to taxes and subsidies, should help to reduce poverty and inequality. However, the combination of components of these two systems, as implemented, leads sometimes to an increase in poverty and or inequality without being necessarily anticipated.

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  • Touhami Abdelkhalek & Dorothee Boccanfuso, 2023. "Is the Moroccan Fiscal System Progressive ? A Shapley Decomposition," Policy notes & Policy briefs 2026, Policy Center for the New South.
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    JEL classification:

    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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