Consumption taxes, income distribution and poverty: Evidence from Kenya
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Keywords
consumption taxes; income inequality; poverty; Kenya; Verbrauchssteuer; Einkommensungleichheit; Armut;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H29 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Other
- O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
- O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
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