Social spending, taxes and income redistribution in Uruguay

Marisa Bucheli, Nora Lustig, Maximo Rossi () and Florencia Amábile

No 6380, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: How much redistribution does Uruguay accomplish through social spending and taxes? How progressive are revenue collection and social spending? A standard fiscal incidence analysis shows that Uruguay achieves a nontrivial reduction in inequality and poverty when all taxes and transfers are combined. In comparison with five other countries in Latin America, it ranks first (poverty reduction) and second (inequality reduction), and first in terms of poverty reduction effectiveness and third in terms of overall (including transfers in-kind) inequality reduction effectiveness. Direct taxes are progressive and indirect taxes are regressive. Social spending on direct transfers, contributory pensions, education and health is quite progressive in absolute terms except for tertiary education, which is almost neutral in relative terms.

Keywords: Rural Poverty Reduction; Emerging Markets; Debt Markets; Services&Transfers to Poor; Economic Theory&Research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-03-01
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