Cash Transfer Policies, Taxation and the Fall in Inequality in Brazil
An Integrated Microsimulation-CGE Analysis

Cury, Samir; Pedrozo, Euclides; Coelho, Allexandro Mori

doi:10.34196/ijm.00128

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“…He finds that cash transfers have a significant impact on poverty and income distribution and that these transfers lead to a greater reduction in poverty in rural areas than in urban ones. Cury (2016) also uses a CGE model combined with a microsimulation model to assess the effectiveness of Brazil's two largest cash transfer programmes (Bolsa Fam ılia [PBF] and Benef ıcio de Prestação Continuada [BPC]) in achieving poverty reduction and reducing income inequality.…”

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Pro-gender policies and the empowerment of women in the DRC

Joshi

Maisonnave

Baroki

et al. 2023

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PurposeThe purpose of this study was to show how pro-gender public policies in the agricultural sectors can contribute to the reduction of gender inequalities in the labour market and the diversification of the Congolese economy.Design/methodology/approachComputable general equilibrium model that has been adapted to the Congolese economy from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)'s SAM.FindingsThe results reveal that policies of increasing women's land allocation and government cash transfers to rural female households contribute to the reduction of inequalities in the labour market. However, only the policy of increasing women’s land allocation improves economic diversification.Research limitations/implicationsThe implementation of the policy of government cash transfers to rural women's households comes at a cost to the government. Future studies to look at the most effective mode of financing for this policy. Moreover, the policy of increasing women's land allocation is feasible in the DRC as there is a lot of unused arable land available.Social implicationsIn Pillar 1 of the National Strategic Development Plan (PNSD) on Economic Diversification and Transformation, the policy of increasing land allocation to women could be added to the objectives related to strengthening the contribution of agriculture to economic growth and employment creation. In Pillar 3 of the PNSD on Social Development and Human Resource Development, the policy of increasing land allocation to women as well as the policy of increasing government transfers to female rural households could be added to the objectives related to the promotion of employment of youth, women and vulnerable groups.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study of its kind for the DRC, which highlights the impact of pro-gender policies on women's employment, particularly in the agricultural sectors and in the diversification of the Congolese economy. This study contributes to policy orientation in DRC. The two policies (increasing land allocation to women and cash transfers to rural women) analysed in this study were chosen in light of the DRC's National Strategic Plan, the first phase of which focuses on promoting employment for vulnerable groups and economic diversification through the development of agricultural sectors.

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Pro-gender policies and the empowerment of women in the DRC

Joshi

Maisonnave

Baroki

et al. 2023

JADEE

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“…Most hybrid models combine CGE with microsimulation (CGE-MS) to capture the impact of macro-economic shocks on micro-economic distribution (Bussolo and Cockburn, 2010). CGE-MS models use the output of a CGE model as the input to the microsimulation model to analyze the micro impacts on income distribution and poverty from different scenario and policy shocks, including tax reform (Dizon, 2021;Mohammed, 2018), cash transfer programs (Cury et al, 2016), trade policies (Boysen and Matthews, 2017;Shuaibu, 2017), agricultural policies (Boysen et al, 2016;Cororaton and Yu, 2019), energy subsidies (Cockburn et al, 2018), health policies (Chitiga-Mabugu et al, 2021;Kabajulizi et al, 2017), and ecological changes (Cororaton et al, 2018;Siriban-manalang et al, 2016). Some hybrid models integrate other model types.…”

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A review of model-based scenario analysis of poverty for informing sustainability

Liu

Guo

Gao

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Environmental Science & Policy

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“…Most hybrid models are CGE with microsimulation analysis (CGE-MS) models, with the modeling framework combines macro-CGE models with microsimulation models to capture the impact of macro-shocks on micro-distributions (Bussolo and Cockburn, 2010). CGE-MS models use the output of the CGE model as the input of the microsimulation model to analyze the micro impacts on income distribution and poverty from different scenarios, including taxes reforms (DIZON, 2021;Mohammed, 2018), cash transfer programs (Cury et al, 2016), trade policies (Boysen and Matthews, 2017;Shuaibu, 2017), agricultural policies (Boysen et al, 2016;C. B. Cororaton and Yu, 2019), energy subsidies (Cockburn et al, 2018), health (Chitiga-Mabugu et al, 2021Kabajulizi et al, 2017), and ecological changes (C. Cororaton et al, 2018;Siriban-manalang et al, 2016).…”

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A review of model-based scenario analysis of poverty for informing sustainability

Liu¹,

Guo²,

Gao³

et al. 2021

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Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere is the first goal being targeted by the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Poverty eradication is a long-term process that faces the challenges of many uncertainties and complex interactions with other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In order to better understand poverty and contribute to addressing poverty in a sustainable manner, this paper aims to conduct a systematic review of model-based analysis for poverty scenario in the context of SDGs. We first review 144 studies from the perspectives of bibliometric information (i.e., publication types, research topics for poverty, research objects, research scales and geographic locations) and models information for poverty scenario analysis (i.e., model types, purposes, states, temporal and spatial range, sectors considered, poverty and other SDGs indicators). Second, we discuss the pros and cons of different types of models and identify seven representative models. We also discuss the synergies and trade-offs between poverty and other SDGs. Finally, we identify four potential research gaps in model-based poverty scenario analysis and provide suggestions for future research. The review shows that poverty scenario analysis was carried out mainly from a single perspective, such as economic, ecological, and agricultural. Few studies used effective models to analyze poverty under an integrated interactions analysis of multiple sectors. Comprehensive multi-sector models are needed for global and regional poverty scenario analysis over the medium- or long-term to enhance the ability of analyzing the combined effects, synergies, and trade-offs between poverty and a variety of other SDGs.

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Cash Transfer Policies, Taxation and the Fall in Inequality in Brazil An Integrated Microsimulation-CGE Analysis

Cited by 6 publications

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Pro-gender policies and the empowerment of women in the DRC

Pro-gender policies and the empowerment of women in the DRC

A review of model-based scenario analysis of poverty for informing sustainability

A review of model-based scenario analysis of poverty for informing sustainability

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