Inequality and redistributive taxation in the Global South

Andrea Vaccaro

No wp-2025-31, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper investigates the relationship between inequality and redistributive taxation. It provides a review of existing research on the topic and a cross-country empirical analysis of this relationship. Using data from the World Income Inequality Database, Government Revenue Dataset, and other publicly available sources, it evaluates the validity of a classic political economy argument according to which higher income inequality leads to more redistributive government policies.

Keywords: Redistribution; Income inequality; Ethnic inequality; Taxation; Democracy; Global south (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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