Journal Article

The evolution of tax and benefit policy in Latvia: what has been the place of distributional considerations?

Authors

Publication date

2012

Summary

The article reflects on the evolution of tax and benefit policy in Latvia in context of high levels of income inequality and poverty there. It informs that the benefit system in Latvia is beneficial to wealthy households but provides fewer benefits to needy people at the same time. According to tax experts, conservative tax policies in the country have created a burden on employment income in Latvia.

Published in

Baltic Journal of Economics

Volume and page numbers

12 , 5 -16

ISSN

16

Subjects

Poverty, Welfare Benefits, Microsimulation, Taxation, and Economic Policy

Links

http://serlib0.essex.ac.uk/record=b1656978~S5

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