Methodology

WORKING PAPER 1
CEQ WP 1 has been replaced by CEQ Handbook Edition June 2017. Nora Lustig (editor) Commitment to Equity Handbook. Estimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty. Brookings Institution Press and CEQ Institute.

WORKING PAPER 2
Lustig, Nora. 2012.“Commitment to Equity: Diagnostic Questionnaire.”CEQ Working Paper 2, CEQ Institute, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue. August.

WORKING PAPER 4
REVISED as CEQ WP 33
Previous title no longer available: Lustig, Nora and Sean Higgins. 2013. Fiscal Incidence, Fiscal Mobility and the Poor: A New Approach. CEQ Working Paper 4, CEQ Institute, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, January.

WORKING PAPER 14
REVISED as CEQ WP 33
Previous title no longer available: Higgins, Sean and Nora Lustig. 2013. “Measuring Impoverishment: An Overlooked Dimension of Fiscal Incidence.” CEQ Working Paper 14, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, April.

WORKING PAPER 24
Lustig, Nora. 2020. “Measuring the distributional impact of taxation and public spending: the practice of fiscal incidence analysis.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. Oxford University Press. 

Earlier Version: Lustig, Nora. 2019.“Measuring the Distributional Impact of Taxation and Public Spending: The Practice of Fiscal Incidence Analysis.” CEQ Working Paper 24, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, October.

WORKING PAPER 25
Enami, Ali, Nora Lustig and Rodrigo Aranda. 2016. “Analytical Foundations: Measuring the Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers.” CEQ Working Paper 25, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, November.

WORKING PAPER 27
Bucheli, Marisa. 2016. “Public Transfers and Poverty Reduction: an Evaluation of Program Contribution to the Exit Rate from Poverty of Children and the Elderly.” Poverty & Public Policy 8 (4): 398-415.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pop4.159

Earlier Version:

Bucheli, Marisa. 2015. “Public Transfers and Poverty Reduction: an Evaluation of Program Contribution to the Exit Rate from Poverty of Children and the Elderly.” CEQ Working Paper 27, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, January.

WORKING PAPER 33
Higgins, Sean and Nora Lustig. 2016.“Can a Poverty-Reducing and Progressive Tax and Transfer System Hurt the Poor?” Journal of Development Economics 122: 63-75

Earlier version:
Higgins, Sean and Nora Lustig. 2016. “Can a Poverty-Reducing and Progressive Tax and Transfer System Hurt the Poor?” CEQ Working Paper 33, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, April.

Reprinted:
Higgins, Sean and Nora Lustig. 2018. “Can a poverty-reducing and progressive tax and transfer system hurt the poor?” Commitment to Equity Handbook: Estimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty, edited by Nora Lustig (Brookings Institution Press and CEQ Institute, Tulane University).

WORKING PAPER 59
Enami, Ali. 2016.“Measuring the Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers in the Presence of Reranking.”CEQ Working Paper 59, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, November.

WORKING PAPER 64
Enami, Ali. 2017. “Measuring the Effectiveness of Taxes and Transfers in Fighting Inequality and Poverty.” CEQ Working Paper 64 (CEQ Institute, Tulane University), July. 

WORKING PAPER 69
Sergei Soares. 2018. “The Market Value of Owner Occupied Housing and Public Infrastructure Services.” CEQ Working Paper 69, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, April 2018.

WORKING PAPER 70
Higgins, Sean, Nora Lustig, Andrea Vigorito. 2018. “The Rich Underreport Their Income: Assessing Biases In Inequality Estimates And Correction Methods Using Linked Survey And Tax Data.” CEQ Working Paper 70, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, September.

WORKING PAPER 71
Sergei Soares. 2019. “The Market Value of Public Education. A Comparison of Three Valuation Methods.”  CEQ Working Paper 71, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, REVISED June.

WORKING PAPER 75
Nora Lustig. 2019. “The “Missing Rich” in Household Surveys: Causes and Correction Approaches.” CEQ Working Paper 75. CEQ Institute, Tulane University, November.

WORKING PAPER 76
Greenspun, Samantha and Nora Lustig. 2013. “Gendered Fiscal Incidence Analysis. A Review of the Literature.” CEQ Working Paper 76. CEQ Institute, Tulane University, November.

WORKING PAPER 77
Jose Maria Fanelli. 2018. “Inter-Temporal Sustainability of Fiscal Redistribution: A Methodological Framework.” CEQ Working Paper 77, CEQ Institute, Tulane University and Universidad de San Andrés, September.

WORKING PAPER 83
Alvaro Forteza. 2018. “Measuring the Redistributive Effect of Pensions.” CEQ Working Paper 83, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, September.

WORKING PAPER 85
Lustig, Nora, Jon Jellema, and Valentina Martinez Pabon. 2019. “Leaving No One Behind: Can Tax-funded Transfer Programs Provide Income Floors in Sub-Saharan Africa?” CEQ Working Paper 85, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, September.

WORKING PAPER 86
Lustig, Nora, Jon Jellema and Valentina Pabon Martínez. 2021.“Are Budget Neutral Income Floors Fiscally Viable In Sub-Saharan Africa?”CEQ Working Paper 86, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University,  March.

WORKING PAPER 87
Barbieri, Stefano,and Koray Caglayan. 2019. “On the Political Economy of Redistribution and Public Good Provision.” CEQ Working Paper 87, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, March.

WORKING PAPER 88
Sergio Urzua. 2019. “Redistribution Through Education: The Value of Public Education Spending.” CEQ Working Paper 88, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, June.

WORKING PAPER 90
Vladimir Hlasny. 2020 “Parametric Representation of the Top of Income Distributions: Options, Historical Evidence and Model Selection.” CEQ Working Paper 90, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, March.

WORKING PAPER 91
Carlos Grushka. 2019. “The Within-system Redistribution of Contributory Pensions Systems: a Conceptual Framework and Empirical Method of Estimation.” CEQ Working Paper 91, CEQ Institute, Tulane University. November.

WORKING PAPER 113
Lora, Eduardo, Miguel Benítez, Diego Gutiérrez. 2021. “Annualizing Labor Market, Inequality, and Poverty Indicators.” Working Paper 113, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, September.

WORKING PAPER 116
Enami, Ali, Patricio Larroulet, and Nora Lustig. 2022. “How Accurate Is the Kakwani Index in Predicting Whether A Tax or a Transfer Is Equalizing? An Empirical Analysis.” Working Paper 116, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, January.


WORKING PAPER 121
Oliver Bargain. 2022. “Income Sources, Intra-Household Allocation And Individual Poverty.” Working Paper 121, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, May.

WORKING PAPER 127
Santos, Maria Emma, Nora Lustig and Maximiliano Miranda Zanetti. 2023. “Counting and Accounting: Measuring the Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in Multidimensional Poverty Reduction.” Working Paper 127, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, May.