An examination of income redistribution in Hungary and single-rate tax reform, using a micro-simulation model

• Authors: Benedek D. , Leikes O.
• Languages of publication: HU

Abstracts

EN

The authors of the study analyse income redistribution in Hungary with a new tool: the taxation and support micro-simulation model. There are diverse factors acting in several directions embodied in the 2006 Hungarian tax and support system. Tax concessions make up a sizeable sum, but they fail to reach the truly needy, tending instead to benefit the middle-income strata. Welfare and family supports, on the other hand, go mainly to the poorest third of households and raise their disposable income to a great extent. The system shows high efficiency in reaching families with children and the import of the supports rises according to the number of children.

Keywords

EN

INCOME REDISTRIBUTION (HUNGARY); MICRO-SIMULATION MODEL; WELFARE & FAMILY SUPPORT

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Committee for Economic Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Kozgazdasagi Szemle (Economic Review)
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 7/8
• Pages: 604-623
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Benedek D.

author

Leikes O.

• D. Benedek, no address given, contact the journal editopr

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07HUAAAA02986080