OECD Economic Policy Papers
The OECD Economic Policy Papers series is designed to make available selected studies on structural and macro-economic policy issues of current interest. The Papers are produced in the context of the work carried out on the two regular OECD titles, OECD Economic Outlook and Going for Growth.
- ISSN: 2226583X (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/2226583X
Public finance structure and inclusive growth
Tax and spending reforms offer numerous opportunities to promote inclusive growth. There is potential for so-called win-win reforms that simultaneously boost economic output and enhance income equality. Other changes in the structure of public finances will produce benefits only along a single dimension, while some involve trade-offs between average income gains and adverse distributional effects. Empirical analyses of the experience of OECD countries provide evidence about which tax and spending reforms influence prosperity and income distribution -- and by how much.
Keywords: Public finance, Public investment, Corporate income tax, Value added tax, Panel data econometrics, Structural reform, Public spending
JEL:
H1: Public Economics / Structure and Scope of Government;
H5: Public Economics / National Government Expenditures and Related Policies;
C23: Mathematical and Quantitative Methods / Single Equation Models; Single Variables / Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models;
H2: Public Economics / Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
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