The Impact of Taxes, Transfers, and Subsidies on Inequality and Poverty in Uganda
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- Jon Jellema & Nora Lustig & Astrid Haas & Sebastian Wolf, 2016. "The impact of taxes, transfers, and subsidies on inequality and poverty in Uganda," Working Papers 416, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
- Jon Jellema & Nora Lustig & Astrid Haas & Sebastian Wolf, 2016. "The Impact of Taxes, Transfers, and Subsidies on Inequality and Poverty in Uganda," Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Working Paper Series 53, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
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Fiscal incidence; poverty; inequality; fiscal policy; Uganda.;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- H22 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Incidence
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
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