Impact of Taxes, Transfers, and Subsidies on Income Distributionand Poverty in Argentina

• Autor: Rossignolo, Dario
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: PUCP-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.pucp.edu.pe:20.500.14657/199042
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/economia/article/view/25807/26009; https://doi.org/10.18800/economia.202302.003
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Taxes; Public Spending; Inequality; Poverty; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.02.01

This study evaluates the impact of direct and indirect taxes, as well as public expenditure on transfers (monetary and in-kind, economic subsidies, healthcare, and education), on income distribution and poverty in Argentina. It utilizes a standard fiscal incidence analysis and combines data from the Permanent Household Survey (EPH) and the National Household Expenditure Survey (ENGHo). The findings indicate that fiscal policy has been a powerful instrument in reducing inequality and poverty. However, unusually high levels of public spending could potentially render the programs unsustainable.