Taxes and Transfers



Health risk is difficult to insure via private insurance markets. Information asymmetries between buyers and sellers of private insurance plans cause adverse selection and moral… Read More ›

US Health Insurance: Are There Better Ways to Insure Americans?

In an era when big-bang tax reform is off the table, a coherent set of smaller reforms can contribute to budget repair while shoring up… Read More ›

Why the Stage Three Tax Cuts Should Be Replaced

Japan ranks 120th among 156 countries in terms of its gender gap, according to the Global Gender Gap Report of 2021. The rate of women’s… Read More ›

Why Women Work the Way They Do in Japan: Roles of Fiscal Policies

Amid the talk about tax changes set to cut the middle-income rate to 30%, a shortage of workers and incomes not keeping up with the… Read More ›

If Governments Were Really Concerned About Tax and the Cost of Living They Would Cut the Cost of Childcare

Against the backdrop of the 2022-23 Federal Budget and the coming federal election, Saint Vincent De Paul Society released a research report which outlines some… Read More ›

[Budget Forum 2022] A Fairer Tax and Welfare System for Australia

Large projected fiscal burdens due to rapid population ageing are driving governments around the world to evaluate their existing economic policies. A key reform area… Read More ›

Homeownership and Wealth: The Role of Tax and Pension Policies

The 2021 Intergenerational Report (IGR) looks forward 40 years to project future trends in Australian economic and fiscal sustainability. The IGR is released every five… Read More ›

Accounting for Care: The Intergenerational Report Fails to Value Parenting

The tax literature emphasizes two fundamental principles: efficiency and equity. People adjust their behavior in response to taxes leading to many distortions, such as discouraging… Read More ›

Equity in Taxation: An International Comparison

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