Staff Discussion Notes

Income Inequality and Fiscal Policy

By David Coady, Sanjeev Gupta

June 28, 2012

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David Coady, and Sanjeev Gupta. Income Inequality and Fiscal Policy, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2012) accessed December 22, 2024

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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. These 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: Disposable income, Fiscal policy, Income distribution, Income inequality, National accounts, Personal income

Keywords: 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, Incomes database, Income-share ratio, 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

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    37

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  • Series:

    Staff Discussion Notes No. 2012/008

  • Stock No:

    SDNEA2012008

  • ISBN:

    9781475504828

  • ISSN:

    2617-6750

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