Sean Higgins

Tulane University

6823 St Charles Ave

New Orleans, LA 70118

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

5

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996

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Scholarly Papers (5)

The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru: A Synthesis of Results

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 311
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Mar 2013
Tulane University, United Nations Development Programme - RBLAC, Tulane University, Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE), Tulane University - Department of Economics, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Tulane University - Department of Economics, Universidad del CEMA, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) and Fundacion Del Instituto Alternativo
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fiscal incidence, inequality, poverty, taxes, social spending, Latin America

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Commitment to Equity Assessment (CEQ): Estimating the Incidence of Social Spending, Subsidies, and Taxes - Handbook

Number of pages: 103 Posted: 13 Dec 2013
Nora Lustig and Sean Higgins
Tulane University and Tulane University
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handbook, taxes and transfers, fiscal incidence, poverty, inequality

Comparing the Incidence of Taxes and Social Spending in Brazil and the United States

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 360
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Jun 2014
Tulane University, Tulane University, Tulane University and Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin - Madison
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inequality, fiscal policy, taxation, social spending

Comparing the Incidence of Taxes and Social Spending in Brazil and the United States

CEQ Working Paper No. 16
Posted: 18 Apr 2017
Tulane University, Tulane University, Tulane University and Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Inequality, Fiscal Policy, Taxation, Social Spending

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Can a Poverty-Reducing and Progressive Tax and Transfer System Hurt the Poor?

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 405
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Jun 2015
Sean Higgins and Nora Lustig
Tulane University and Tulane University
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taxes, poverty, inequality, Brazil

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Measuring Impoverishment: An Overlooked Dimension of Fiscal Incidence

Posted: 17 Dec 2013
Nora Lustig and Sean Higgins
Tulane University and Tulane University

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stochastic dominance, poverty, fiscal incidence, mobility