Are Budget Neutral Income Floors Fiscally Viable in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Nora Lustig, Jon Jellema and Valentina Martinez Pabon

Journal of African Economies, 2023, vol. 32, issue Supplement_2, ii202-ii227

Abstract: We use microsimulations to assess whether budget-neutral universal income floors are fiscally viable in twelve Sub-Saharan African countries. We consider three universal basic income scenarios of decreasing levels of generosity: poverty line, average poverty gap and current spending on transfers and subsidies per person. The first two may not be viable because the required increase in taxes to fulfil budget neutrality is significant.

Keywords: Sub-Saharan Africa; taxes; fiscal impoverishment; poverty; fiscal policy; universal basic incomesJEL Codes: H22; I38; D31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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