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'Engendering' Intergovernmental Transfers: Is There a Case for Gender-sensitive Horizontal Fiscal Equalization?

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  • Abhishek Anand
  • Lekha S. Chakraborty

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This paper seeks to evaluate whether a gender-sensitive formula for the inter se devolution of union taxes to the states makes the process more progressive. We have used the state-specific child sex ratio (the number of females per thousand males in the age group 0-6 years) as one of the criteria for the tax devolution. The composite devolution formula as constructed provides maximum rewards to the state with the most favorable child-sex ratio, and the rewards progressively decline along with the declining sex ratio. In this formulation, the state with the most unfavorable child-sex ratio is penalized the most in terms of its share in the horizontal devolution. It is observed that the inclusion of gender criteria makes the intergovernmental fiscal transfers formula more equitable across states. This is not surprising given the monotonic decline in the sex ratio in some of the most high-income states in India.

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  • Abhishek Anand & Lekha S. Chakraborty, 2016. "'Engendering' Intergovernmental Transfers: Is There a Case for Gender-sensitive Horizontal Fiscal Equalization?," Economics Working Paper Archive wp_874, Levy Economics Institute.
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    1. Chakraborty, Lekha, 2021. "Fiscal Federalism, Expenditure Assignments and Gender Equality," Working Papers 21/334, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
    2. Chakraborty, Lekha S, 2021. "Fiscal Federalism, Expenditure Assignments and Gender Equality," MPRA Paper 111949, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Chakraborty, Lekha & Nayyar, Veena & Jain, Komal, 2019. "The Political Economy of Gender Budgeting: Empirical Evidence from India," Working Papers 19/256, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
    4. Stotsky, Janet G. & Chakraborty, Lekha & Gandhi, Piyush, 2018. "Impact of Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers on Gender Equality in India: An Empirical Analysis," Working Papers 18/240, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
    5. Singh, Yadawendra & Chakraborty, Lekha, 2024. "Tax Transfers and Demographic Transition: Empirical Evidence for 16th Finance Commission," Working Papers 24/417, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
    6. Chakraborty, Lekha, 2024. "Gender Budgeting: Public Financial Management Tool for Accountability," Working Papers 24/409, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
    7. Chakraborty, Lekha S, 2018. "Analysing Justice Verma Committee’s “Bill of Rights”: Gender Budgeting in Law and Order," MPRA Paper 77226, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2016.

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    Keywords

    Fiscal Devolution; Gender; Equity; Intergovernmental Transfers;
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    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • E63 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization; Treasury Policy

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