Income Inequality and Fiscal Policy

Staff Discussion Notes, June 28, 2012

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• Authors: David Coady, Sanjeev Gupta
• Published: June 28, 2012
• Series: Staff Discussion Notes
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475504828.006

Overview

• Title: Income Inequality and Fiscal Policy
• Authors: David Coady, Sanjeev Gupta
• Series: Staff Discussion Notes No. 2012/008
• Issue: 008
• Publication date: June 28, 2012
• Pages: 37
• Volume: 2012
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475504828.006
• ISBN: 9781475504828
• ISSN: 2617-6750
• Note: Revised version also available
• Disclaimer: This Staff Discussion Note represents the views of the authors and does not necessarily represent IMF views or IMF policy. The views expressed herein should be attributed to the authors and not to the IMF, its Executive Board, or its management. Staff Discussion Notes are published to elicit comments and to further debate.

Purpose and Audience

• Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate.
• Papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience interested in economic policy issues.
• This Web-only series replaced Staff Position Notes in January 2011.

Subject Areas

• Disposable income
• Fiscal policy
• Income distribution
• Income inequality
• National accounts
• Personal income

Keywords and Topics Covered

• adverse impact
• Asia and Pacific
• Disposable income
• economy
• Europe
• expenditure policy
• fiscal policy
• Income distribution
• income distribution capture
• income growth
• Income inequality
• income quintile
• income share
• income tax
• income-share ratio
• incomes database
• losses from unemployment
• market income
• Middle East
• Personal income
• pre-tax-and-transfer income
• SDN
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• tax
• taxation
• transfer system economy
• wage income

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Source: Staff Discussion Note "Income Inequality and Fiscal Policy" by David Coady and Sanjeev Gupta, Staff Discussion Notes 2012, 008 (2012).

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