Come and join us at 11am, room 203, to discuss the taxation of wealth in low- and middle-income countries (L&MICs): What does the evidence tell us, and what are the gaps?

Monopolies always raise concerns about high prices, low innovation and—if the monopoly position may be challenged—possible abuses of dominant position against potential rivals. Tech giants are no exception. Jean Tirole IFS Deaton Review academic.oup.com/ooec/article/3…

‘The revenue potential from increasing tax rates on capital gains may be substantially larger than previously thought by many in the tax policy community.’ Top incomes and tax policy | Owen Zidar | IFS Deaton Review | Oxford Open Economics academic.oup.com/ooec/article/3…

This is a banger of a JEL issue. I’m especially excited about Marianne Page’s review piece on how income affects children’s long run outcomes. Timely summary for upcoming discussions of expanding the Child Tax Credit.

Insightful blog by Hitomi Komatsu, PhD ceren ozer Mahvish Shaukat on the important interaction between tax compliance and gender and emerging lessons for research and policy.👇🏻

Join us for the 6th Annual World Bank Institute for Fiscal Studies ODI Public Finance Conference on September 26-27 2024, part of the World Bank's Data Analytics Week. ODI's Hazel Granger will be there, so do reach out! Find out more and register to watch here: buff.ly/4gnEsIS

Interesting study by Institute for Fiscal Studies researcher & co-authors on the role of gender in inequality in intrahousehold bargaining power once accounting for other individual differences: women often count less and gender norms and beliefs held by both wives and husbands matter.💡

Really pleased the @theIFS/ODI #TaxDev programme is joining the World Bank for a hybrid workshop on business tax in East Africa next WEDNESDAY. Sign up online to find out about challenges & opportunities in 6 countries - inc #TaxDev partners! worldbank.org/en/events/2024…

We have a new working paper out, part of a great collaboration with the Kenyan Revenue Authority and a super team (Chris Hoy, Jonathan Karver, Alex Oguso, Anna Custers, Daniel Zalo, Ruggero Doino, Nicolas Pillai) Some figures below 🧵 documents.worldbank.org/en/publication…

"A 1 percentage point increase in work from home increases full-time employment by 1.1% for individuals with a physical disability."