Distributional impact of taxes and social transfers in Russia over the downturn

Low oil prices and the recession in Russia which started in 2014 are increasing pressures for fiscal consolidation, after more than a decade of prosperity. This paper assesses the distributional impact of the main tax and social spending programs in Russia in 2014 by applying a state-of-the-art incidence analysis. Overall, the Russian welfare state achieves a moderate reduction in inequality through tax-benefit policies by international standards. Most redistribution occurs through pensions. Major limits on the redistributive effect of tax-benefit policy include the large share of tax revenues that come from (regressive) indirect taxes, the neutral impact of personal income taxes and the low share of spending that goes on social assistance targeted to low-income groups. Tax-benefit policy also has an important impact on the age distribution of income, as households of working-age people (with and without children) subsidize pensioner households

Financial flows to the developing countries : a look at aid, dept relief and IMF programmes

Defence date: 18 September 2006Examining board: Anindya Banerjee, European University Institute ; George Mavrotas, United Nations University, Finland ; Roberto Perotti, Supervisor, Università Bocconi ; Beatrice Weder, Johannes-Gutenberg-University of MainzPDF of thesis uploaded from the Library digitised archive of EUI PhD theses completed between 2013 and 201

Popova_appendix – Supplemental material for Distributional impact of taxes and social transfers in Russia over the downturn

<p>Supplemental material, Popova_appendix for Distributional impact of taxes and social transfers in Russia over the downturn by Daria Popova, Mikhail Matytsin and Emily Sinnot in Journal of European Social Policy</p