The Welfare State in Spain : An Impact Assessment

Abstract

We use the methodology developed by Lustig (2016) to analyze scal incidence in Spain in the year 2016. Data from the Survey on Life Conditions (ECV) is used to assess the e ects of government taxation and public spending on income distribution, inequality and poverty. Our results show that Spain's redistribution system is more ine cient in reducing inequality, according to all the available metrics, than the other countries analyzed under CEQ Methodology. However, when compared with OECD countries, inequality is higher and redistribution lower.