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WORKING PAPER 18 Español
Sauma, Pablo y Juan Diego Trejos. 2014. “Gasto público social, impuestos, redistribución del ingreso y pobreza en Costa Rica.” CEQ Working Paper 18, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, January.

WORKING PAPER 18 English
Sauma, Pablo and Juan Diego Trejos. 2014.“Social Public Spending, Taxes, Redistribution of Income, and Poverty in Costa Rica.” CEQ Working Paper 18, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Department of Economics, Tulane University and Inter-American Dialogue, March.

WORKING PAPER 37
Lustig, Nora 2017. “El impacto del sistema tributuario y el gasto social en la distribución del ingreso y la pobreza en América Latina: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Perú y Uruguay.” CEQ Working Paper 37, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, July.

WORKING PAPER 62
Lustig, Nora. “El impacto del sistema tributario y el gasto social en la distribucion del ingreso y la pobreza en America Latina. Una aplicacion del marco metodologico del proyecto Compromiso con la Equidad (CEQ).” El Trimestre Económico 3(335): 493-568.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v84i335.277

Earlier Version:

Lustig, Nora 2018. “El impacto del sistema tributario y el gasto social en la distribucion del ingreso y la pobreza en America Latina. Una aplicacion del marco metodologico del proyecto Compromiso con la Equidad (CEQ).”CEQ Working Paper 62, CEQ Institute, Tulane University, REVISED May.


WORKING PAPER 105
Feierherd, Germán, Patricio Larroulet, Wei Long, and Nora Lustig. 2021. “The Pink Tide and Inequality in Latin America.” CEQ Working Paper 105, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, March.


WORKING PAPER 114

Blofield, Merike, Cecilia Giambruno and Jennifer Pribble. 2021. “Breadth and Sufficiency of Cash Transfer Responses in Ten Latin American Countries during the First 12 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Working Paper 114, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, September.


WORKING PAPER 119
Feoli, Ludovico and Maynor Cabrera. 2022. “The Redistributive Impact of Fiscal Policies in Costa Rica 2010-2018.” Working Paper 119, Commitment to Equity Institute, Tulane University, April.




Costa Rica Boletín de Equidad

March 2014

“Costa Rica: Selected Issues and Analytical Notes.”
International Monetary Fund: Country Report No. 17/157
June 2017