Inequality in spending and redistributive effects of taxes: An application for Argentina

Desigualdad en el gasto y efectos redistributivo de los impuestos: Una aplicación para Argentina

Facundo Costa de Arguibel, Isabela Sánchez Vargas and Tania Elizabeth Silva ()

Estudios Economicos, 2024, vol. 041 (Nueva Serie), issue 82, 251-271

Abstract: This study aims to contribute to the literature on inequality for Argentina, analyzing inequality in household spending and evaluating the redistributive effects of taxes and price subsidies by product category. To do this, the relative contribution of the different components of spending to global inequality is considered, by reducing the Gini index. The proposal of Lerman and Yitzhaki (1984) is based on the Household Expenditure Survey for the years 2017-2018. The results show that spending in the food, beverage, and housing categories explain more than a third of total spending inequality. In addition, the analysis of the relative marginal effects and elasticities indicate that subsidies for food and beverages, housing and clothing and footwear, as well as taxes on spending on household equipment and maintenance, leisure and culture, and health could improve the distribution of well-being

Keywords: desigualdad; gasto; descomposición; coeficiente de Gini; redistribución; inequality; expenditure; decomposition; Gini coefficient; redistributio (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D30 D63 H23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.52292/j.estudecon.2024.4161

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