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Can a poverty-reducing and progressive tax and transfer system hurt the poor? by Higgins, Sean, Lustig, Nora

“…To analyze anti-poverty policies in tandem with the taxes used to pay for them, comparisons of poverty before and after taxes and transfers are often used. We…”
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Fiscal Redistribution and Ethnoracial Inequality in Bolivia, Brazil, and Guatemala by Lustig, Nora

“…Afro-descendants and indigenous peoples in Latin America face higher poverty rates and are disproportionately represented among the poor. The probability of…”
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Declining Inequality in Latin America in the 2000s: The Cases of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico by Lustig, Nora, Lopez-Calva, Luis F., Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo

“…During 2000–10, the Gini coefficient declined in 13 of 17 Latin American countries. The decline was statistically significant and robust to changes in the time…”
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Appraising cross-national income inequality databases: An introduction by G. Ferreira, Francisco H., Lustig, Nora, Teles, Daniel

“…In response to a growing interest in comparing inequality levels and trends across countries, a number of cross-national inequality databases are now…”
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El impacto del sistema tributario y el gasto social en la distribución del ingreso y la pobreza en América Latina: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Perú, República Dominicana, Uruguay y Venezuela Una aplicación del marco metodológico del proyecto Compromiso con la Equidad (CEQ) by Lustig, Nora

“…Este artículo presenta resultados sobre el impacto de la política fiscal en la desigualdad y la pobreza en dieciséis países de América Latina para alrededor…”
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El impacto del COVID-19 en la desigualdad y la pobreza en México by Lustig, Nora, Martínez Pabón, Valentina

“…El impacto distributivo del COVID-19 en el corto plazo se estima mediante microsimulaciones. Si bien el incremento potencial de la pobreza es significativo,…”
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Declining Wages for College-Educated Workers in Mexico: Are Younger or Older Cohorts Hurt the Most? by Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo Miguel, Lopez-Calva, Luis Felipe, Lustig, Nora

“…Wage inequality declined in Mexico since 2000. This paper investigates the possible channels on why the wages of high-skilled workers have declined. Using data…”
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Declining Inequality in Latin America: A Decade of Progress? by López-Calva, Luis F, Lustig, Nora

“…Latin America is often singled out for its high and persistent income inequality. Toward the end of the 1990s, however, income concentration began to fall…”
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Underreporting of Top Incomes and Inequality: A Comparison of Correction Methods using Simulations and Linked Survey and Tax Data by Flachaire, Emmanuel, Lustig, Nora, Vigorito, Andrea

“…Household surveys do not capture incomes at the top of the distribution well. This yields biased inequality measures. We compare the performance of the…”
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A METHODOLOGICAL NOTE ON THE MEASUREMENT OF LABOR INCOME IN MEXICO by Vazquez, Raymundo M. Campos, Lustig, Nora, Santillán, Alma S.

“…Se presenta una medida homogénea del ingreso laboral, que es comparable para todos los años. Los conceptos dentro de la definición de ingreso laboral han…”
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El impacto del sistema tributario y el gasto social en la distribución del ingreso y la pobreza en América Latina. Una aplicación del marco metodológico del proyecto Compromiso con la Equidad (CEQ) by Lustig, Nora

“…Using standard fiscal incidence analysis and the new methodological developments by the Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Institute, this paper estimates the impact…”
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SALUD Y DESARROLLO ECONÓMICO: El caso de México by Lustig, Nora

“…En este artículo se analiza la relación entre salud, crecimiento económico y pobreza, los niveles, desigualdad y evolución de los indicadores de salud, así…”
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Microeconomics of Income Distribution Dynamics in East Asia and Latin America by Bourguignon, Francois, Ferreira, Francisco H.G, Lustig, Nora

“…Economists have had much to say about what causes aggregate economic growth, but they have been more reticent about the distributional dimension of that…”
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Explaining the Decline in Inequality in Latin America: Technological Change, Educational Upgrading, and Democracy by LUIS F. LÓPEZ-CALVA, NORA LUSTIG

“…Latin America often is singled out because of its high and persistent income inequality. With a Gini coefficient of 0.53 in the mid-2000s,¹ Latin America was…”
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Income Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Latin America: The role of social spending and taxation in achieving development goals by Lustig, Nora

“…How much do social spending and taxation contribute to achieving the goals of poverty reduction and expanding the access to education and health services among…”
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Projecting the impact of COVID-19 on education and intergenerational mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa by Neidhöfer, Guido, Lustig, Nora, Larroulet, Patricio

“…Using microsimulations, we project the effect of instructional losses caused by COVID-19 on secondary school completion rates and intergenerational mobility of…”
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The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay: Introduction to the Special Issue by Lustig, Nora, Pessino, Carola, Scott, John

“…How much redistribution and poverty reduction is being accomplished in Latin America through social spending, subsidies, and taxes? Standard fiscal incidence…”
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Are Budget Neutral Income Floors Fiscally Viable in Sub-Saharan Africa? by Lustig, Nora, Jellema, Jon, Martinez Pabon, Valentina

“…We use microsimulations to assess whether budget-neutral universal income floors are fiscally viable in twelve Sub-Saharan African countries. We consider three…”
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Social Spending and Income Redistribution in Argentina during the 2000s: The Increasing Role of Noncontributory Pensions by Lustig, Nora, Pessino, Carola

“…Between 2003 and 2009, Argentina’s social spending as a share of gross domestic product increased by 7.6 percentage points. Benefit incidence analysis for…”
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Multidimensional indices of achievements and poverty: what do we gain and what do we lose? An introduction to JOEI Forum on multidimensional poverty by Lustig, Nora

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