The Welfare State in Spain: An Impact Assessment

Gonzalo Gomez Bengoechea
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Gonzalo Gomez Bengoechea: Comillas, ICADE Univestity

No 95, Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Working Paper Series from Tulane University, Department of Economics

Abstract: We use the methodology developed by Lustig (2016) to analyze fiscal incidence in Spain in the year 2016. Data from the Survey on Life Conditions (ECV) is used to assess the effects of government taxation and public spending on income distribution, inequality and poverty. Our results show that Spain’s redistribution system is more efficient in reducing inequality than the most of the other countries analyzed under this methodological approach. When compared with OECD countries, inequality is higher and redistribution lower, according to the available metrics.

Keywords: Fiscal Incidence; Inequality; Poverty; Taxes; Social Spending; Regions; Spain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H22 I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2020-06
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Published in Commitment to Equity, June 2020, pages 1-41

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