/fiscal_impoverishment

Stata package to estimate fiscal impoverishment and gains to the poor (Higgins and Lustig, 2016). To install directly through Stata: ssc install fiscal_impoverishment, replace

Primary LanguageStata

fiscal_impoverishment

Estimate fiscal impoverishment and gains to the poor (Higgins and Lustig, 2016)

Installation

To install the stable version in Stata:

ssc install fiscal_impoverishment, replace

To install the development version in Stata:

net install fi_fgp, from("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skhiggins/fiscal_impoverishment/master")

References

Higgins, Sean and Nora Lustig. "Can a Poverty-Reducing and Progressive Tax and Transfer System Hurt the Poor?". Journal of Development Economics 122, 63-75, 2016.