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The Effects of Taxes and Social Spending on the Distribution of Household Income in Mauritius

27 Jun 2019

Over the last decade, steady economic growth has placed Mauritius solidly in the upper middle-income group and has contributed to further reducing poverty. Economic growth has been accompanied by an increase in income inequality that has recently started to decline. Rising inequality in household income from labor has been the main culprit behind the growth in overall income inequality. The government's efforts to redistribute the benefits of growth have helped to partially mitigate the increases in labor income inequality. Scope of this study is to investigate the effect of the fiscal system as a whole on the distribution of income as of 2017 and to unpack the contribution of single fiscal instruments to poverty and inequality.
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Authors

Ranzani,Marco

Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
The Effects of Taxes and Social Spending on the Distribution of Household Income in Mauritius
Document Date
2019-06-01
Originating Unit
Poverty GP AFR 1 (GPV01)
Published in
United States of America
Rel Proj ID
MU-Mauritius: Promoting Sustainable Economic Growth Through Equity -- P168012
Total Volume(s)
1
Unit Owning
Poverty GP AFR 1 (GPV01)
Version Type
Revised
Volume No
1

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