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L'impact des transferts publics et des taxes sur la pauvreté au Canada et aux États Unis

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  • Paul Makdissi

    (Département d'économique, Université de Sherbrooke)

  • Quentin Wodon

    (AFTPM, World Bank)

  • Yannick Therrien

    (Direction de l'analyse et du suivi des finances publiques, Ministère des finances du Québec)

Abstract

Dans cet article, nous analysons l'impact des politiques de transferts publics sur la pauvreté au Canada et aux états-Unis à l'aide de la base de données du Luxembourg Income Study. Pour ce faire, nous utilisons une méthode basée sur la valeur de Shapley afin de pouvoir attribuer à chaque politique un impact sur la pauvreté qui est indépendant de l'ordre arbitraire dans laquelle on aurait pu la considérer. Nous constatons que la pauvreté est plus élevée aux états-Unis qu'au Canada. Ceci est principalement d\^{u} au fait que les politiques de transferts au Canada sont plus généreuses qu'aux états-Unis. Nous montrons aussi que la principale source de réduction de la pauvreté dans les deux pays provient des transferts vers les personnes âgées.

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  • Paul Makdissi & Quentin Wodon & Yannick Therrien, 2001. "L'impact des transferts publics et des taxes sur la pauvreté au Canada et aux États Unis," Cahiers de recherche 03-03, Departement d'économique de l'École de gestion à l'Université de Sherbrooke, revised 2004.
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    Keywords

    Pauvreté; Transferts publics; Valeur de Shapley; Canada; États-Unis;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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