The role of tax-benefit systems in protecting household incomes in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic

David Rodríguez, H. Xavier Jara, Mariana Dondo, Cristina Arancibia, David Macas, Rebeca Riella, Joana Urraburu, Linda Llamas, Luis Huesca, Javier Torres and Rodrigo Chang

No wp-2022-125, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic drastically affected household incomes around the world. In developed economies, pre-pandemic tax-benefit policies and emergency transfers mitigated to a large extent the negative income shock. However, less is known about the effect of government intervention on household incomes in developing countries. The aim of this paper is to assess in a comparative way the role of tax-benefit policies in protecting household incomes during the pandemic in seven Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay.

Keywords: Taxes; Benefits; COVID-19; Latin America; Automatic stabilizers; Tax-benefit systems; Tax-benefit policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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