CEM Seminar Fiscal equity: distributional impacts of taxation and social spending in Brazil

On May 28th Fernando Gaiger Silveira, researcher from Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) and UNB and Unieuro,  expounds on Fiscal Equity: distributional impacts of taxation and social spending in Brazil.

The even is promoted by Center for Metropolitan Studies and it will take place at FFLCH, Social Scieces ad Philosopy Building, Room 8, Cidade Universitária, between 2 and 5 pm.

The paper related to the presentation can be downloaded here.

The seminar is open to the public without prior registration

Abstract:

The survey used in this research assessed the distributional effects of welfare policies, social, tax assistance and education and health, based on the Household Budget Surveys (HBS) 2002-2003 and 2008-2009 Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). The study presents recent trends in the redistributive role of the Brazilian state, with the Brazilian tax system exerting undue burden on the poor and middle-income groups, especially the high representation of indirect taxes. However, the regressive tax system has been counterbalanced by the progressive social spending, which exhibit these same extracts as the main recipients of public resources. And this redirection of social spending to extracts of lower income deepened in recent years, which was reflected in a significant drop in income inequality, and there has been an expansion of the tax burden.

The event was promoted by the Center for Metropolitan Studies and took place at FFLCH, in the Social Sciences and Philosophy Building.