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Inequality in spending and redistributive effects of taxes: An application for Argentina
[Desigualdad en el gasto y efectos redistributivo de los impuestos: Una aplicación para Argentina]

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  • Facundo Costa de Arguibel
  • Isabela Sánchez Vargas
  • Tania Elizabeth Silva

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This study aims to contribute to the literature on inequality for Argentina, analyzing inequality in household spending and evaluating the redistributive effects of taxes and price subsidies by product category. To do this, the relative contribution of the different components of spending to global inequality is considered, by reducing the Gini index. The proposal of Lerman and Yitzhaki (1984) is based on the Household Expenditure Survey for the years 2017-2018. The results show that spending in the food, beverage, and housing categories explain more than a third of total spending inequality. In addition, the analysis of the relative marginal effects and elasticities indicate that subsidies for food and beverages, housing and clothing and footwear, as well as taxes on spending on household equipment and maintenance, leisure and culture, and health could improve the distribution of well-being

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  • Facundo Costa de Arguibel & Isabela Sánchez Vargas & Tania Elizabeth Silva, 2024. "Inequality in spending and redistributive effects of taxes: An application for Argentina [Desigualdad en el gasto y efectos redistributivo de los impuestos: Una aplicación para Argentina]," Estudios Economicos, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Departamento de Economia, vol. 41(82), pages 251-271, january-j.
    • Handle: RePEc:uns:esteco:v:41:y:2024:i:82:p:251-271
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.52292/j.estudecon.2024.4161
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    Keywords

    desigualdad; gasto; descomposición; coeficiente de Gini; redistribución;
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    JEL classification:

    • D30 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - General
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies

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