Inference Tests for Gini-Based Tax Progressivity Indices

John A. Bishop, John P. Formby and Buhong Zheng

Working Papers from East Carolina University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper develops distribution-free statistical inference procedures to test for changes in tax progressivity. Tests for both the Reynolds-Smolensky index of residual progression and the Kakwani index of liability progression are provided. Changes in tax progressivity in three Western countries during the 1980's is investigated using microdata from Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.,

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