Redistribution, Inequality, and Growth - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Redistribution, Inequality, and Growth write by Mr.Jonathan David Ostry. This book was released on 2014-02-17. Redistribution, Inequality, and Growth available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Fund has recognized in recent years that one cannot separate issues of economic growth and stability on one hand and equality on the other. Indeed, there is a strong case for considering inequality and an inability to sustain economic growth as two sides of the same coin. Central to the Fund’s mandate is providing advice that will enable members’ economies to grow on a sustained basis. But the Fund has rightly been cautious about recommending the use of redistributive policies given that such policies may themselves undercut economic efficiency and the prospects for sustained growth (the so-called “leaky bucket” hypothesis written about by the famous Yale economist Arthur Okun in the 1970s). This SDN follows up the previous SDN on inequality and growth by focusing on the role of redistribution. It finds that, from the perspective of the best available macroeconomic data, there is not a lot of evidence that redistribution has in fact undercut economic growth (except in extreme cases). One should be careful not to assume therefore—as Okun and others have—that there is a big tradeoff between redistribution and growth. The best available macroeconomic data do not support such a conclusion.
Inequality and Fiscal Policy
Inequality and Fiscal Policy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Inequality and Fiscal Policy write by Mr.Benedict J. Clements. This book was released on 2015-09-21. Inequality and Fiscal Policy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The sizeable increase in income inequality experienced in advanced economies and many parts of the world since the 1990s and the severe consequences of the global economic and financial crisis have brought distributional issues to the top of the policy agenda. The challenge for many governments is to address concerns over rising inequality while simultaneously promoting economic efficiency and more robust economic growth. The book delves into this discussion by analyzing fiscal policy and its link with inequality. Fiscal policy is the government’s most powerful tool for addressing inequality. It affects households ‘consumption directly (through taxes and transfers) and indirectly (via incentives for work and production and the provision of public goods and individual services such as education and health). An important message of the book is that growth and equity are not necessarily at odds; with the appropriate mix of policy instruments and careful policy design, countries can in many cases achieve better distributional outcomes and improve economic efficiency. Country studies (on the Netherlands, China, India, Republic of Congo, and Brazil) demonstrate the diversity of challenges across countries and their differing capacity to use fiscal policy for redistribution. The analysis presented in the book builds on and extends work done at the IMF, and also includes contributions from leading academics.
Public Policy and the Income Distribution
Public Policy and the Income Distribution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Public Policy and the Income Distribution write by Alan J. Auerbach. This book was released on 2006-01-23. Public Policy and the Income Distribution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Public Policy and the Income Distribution tackles many of the most difficult and intriguing questions about how government intervention - or lack thereof - has affected the incomes of everyday Americans. The twentieth century was remarkable in the extent to which advances in public policy helped improve the economic well being of Americans. Synthesizing existing knowledge on the effectiveness of public policy and contributing valuable new research, Public Policy and the Income Distribution examines public policy's successes, and points out the areas in which progress remains to be made."--BOOK JACKET.
Analyzing Redistribution Policies
Analyzing Redistribution Policies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Analyzing Redistribution Policies write by Nanak Kakwani. This book was released on 1986-06-27. Analyzing Redistribution Policies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Develops techniques to analyze the income inequality and welfare and measure the direct impact of taxes and government cash transfers on the distribution of income. Also reveals the effects of current government programs on the welfare of particular groups in the community.
Policies for Redistribution
Policies for Redistribution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Policies for Redistribution write by Naren Prasad. This book was released on 2008. Policies for Redistribution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Using secondary data from the period 1990-2007, discusses trends in the composition and levels of social transfers and taxes and how they relate to income inequality. Concludes how government policy frameworks permit the limitation of income inequality whilst fostering economic growth and job creation.
