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CEQ Handbook
CEQ Handbook: Estimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty
Nora Lustig (editor)
Edition June 2017
Table of Contents
Title Page
Index
Foreword (pending)
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments to 2013 Edition
Abstracts
About the Authors
CEQ Team
Introduction
Nora Lustig
Part I – The Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Assessment. Methodology
Chapter 1. The CEQ Assessment: Measuring the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty.
Nora Lustig and Sean Higgins
Chapter 2. Analytic Foundations: Measuring the Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers.
Ali Enami, Nora Lustig, and Rodrigo Aranda
Chapter 3. Measuring the Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers in the Presence of Reranking.
Ali Enami
Chapter 4. Can a Poverty-reducing and Progressive Tax and Transfer System Hurt the Poor?
Sean Higgins and Nora Lustig
Chapter 5. Measuring the Effectiveness of Taxes and Transfers in Fighting Inequality and Poverty.
Ali Enami
Part II – The Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Assessment. Implementation
Chapter 6. Allocating Taxes and Transfers, Constructing Income Concepts, and Completing Sections A, B, and C of CEQ Master Workbook.
Sean Higgins and Nora Lustig
Chapter 7. Constructing Consumable Income: Including the Direct and Indirect Effects of Indirect Taxes and Subsidies.
Jon Jellema and Gabriela Inchauste
Chapter 9. Analyzing the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Ethno-Racial Inequality.
Rodrigo Aranda and Adam Ratzlaff
Part III – The Commitment to Equity Assessment. Applications
Chapter 11. Taxes, Expenditures, Poverty, and Income Distribution in Argentina.
Dario Rossignolo
Chapter 12. Ethno-Racial Poverty and Income Inequality in Brazil.
Claudiney Pereira
Chapter 13. The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty in Chile.
Sandra Martinez-Aguilar, Alan Fuchs, Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez, and Giselle del Carmen
Chapter 14. Fiscal Policy and Redistribution in the Dominican Republic.
Jaime Aristy-Escuder, Maynor Cabrera, Blanca Moreno-Dodson, and Miguel E. Sanchez-Martin
Chapter 15. The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in El Salvador.
Margarita Beneke, Nora Lustig, and Jose Andres Oliva
Chapter 16. The Impact of Reforming Energy Subsidies, Cash Transfers, and Taxes on Inequality and Poverty in Ghana and Tanzania.
Stephen Younger
Chapter 17. An Application of the CEQ Effectiveness Indicators: The Case of Iran.
Ali Enami
Chapter 18. Fiscal Incidence and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Tunisia.
Nizar Jouini, Nora Lustig, Ahmed Moummi, and Abebe Shimeles
Chapter 19. The Impact of Taxes, Transfers, and Subsidies on Inequality and Poverty in Uganda.
Jon Jellema, Astrid Haas, Nora Lustig, and Sebastian Wolf
Part IV – The Commitment to Equity Assessment Tools
The CEQ Master Workbook
CEQ Team
CEQ Stata Package
Sean Higgins, Rodrigo Aranda, and Ruoxi Li
Sample Stata Code for Measuring the Indirect Effects of Indirect Taxes and Subsidies
Jon Jellema and Gabriela Inchauste
Checking Protocol
Adam Ratzlaff and Sandra Martinez
CEQ Assessment: Team & Timeline and Terms of Reference
CEQ Team