Network on Welfare & Policy in Latin American and the Caribbean
Network on Welfare & Policy in Latin American and the Caribbean
We extend the LACIR chapter by Lustig et al. (2023a) by adding a new welfare dimension to the analysis of tax-benefit systems – automatic stabilization, i.e., the ability of systems to mitigate income losses. Using tax-benefit models with nationally representative …
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To finance increased public spending and social programs, Latin America’s tax systems need to develop further. Yet taxation can reduce the tax base by discouraging formal employment. Evidence on the intensity of the problem is limited and tends to focus …
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This article examines the changes in the structure of employment and income in three Latin American countries -Argentina, Chile and Mexico- during different subperiods over the first two decades of the new millennium. It applies the “jobs approach”, which combines …
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