pierrebachas / informality_taxes_redistribution

Replication codes for the paper "Informality Consumption Taxes & Redistribution"

Informality_Taxes_Redistribution

Replication codes for the paper "Informality Consumption Taxes & Redistribution" by Pierre Bachas, Lucie Gadenne and Anders Jensen.

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This repository contains three folders:

Do files - Paper: These files allow for a full replication of the paper once each country's expenditure survey data has been obtained. The master.do file details which do file correspond to which graph or table. This file also contains excel files necessary to run the dofiles. Do files - Country Codes : These files allow to replicate the analysis we conducted for each country starting from the raw household survey data. The same methodology is used for each country, with a few exceptions listed and detailed below. Crosswalk : These files are needed for the analysis of some countries, whose product codes were not following the COICOP classification and/or when the type of retailers classification was too detailed. This folder contains also the crosswalks between the COICOP codes and their labels.

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Notes on the Data

The data comes from nationally representative income and expenditure surveys from 32 countries. Some of these micro-data are open access and can be obtained from the statistical agency of each countries, and others are restricted access. We list below the country names, survey acronyms and years for anyone interested in replicating our analysis.

Country name	Survey	Year	Source
Benin	EMICOV	2015	Stat. Office
Bolivia	ECH	2004	Stat. Office
Brazil	POF	2009	Stat. Office
Burkina Faso	EICVM	2009	Stat. Office
Burundi	ECVM	2014	World Bank
Cameroon	ECAM	2014	World Bank
Chad	ECOSIT	2003	World Bank
Chile	EPF	2017	Stat. Office
Colombia	ENIG	2007	Stat. Office
Comoros	EDMC	2013	Stat. Office
Congo DRC	E123	2005	World Bank
Congo Rep	ECOM	2005	World Bank
Costa Rica	ENIGH	2014	Stat. Office
Dominican Rep	ENIGH	2007	Stat. Office
Ecuador	ENIGHUR	2012	World Bank
Eswatini	HIES	2010	World Bank
Mexico	ENIGH	2014	Stat. Office
Montenegro	HBS	2009	World Bank
Morocco	ENCDM	2001	World Bank
Mozambique	IOF	2009	World Bank
Niger	ENCBM	2007	World Bank
Papua New Guinea	HIES	2010	World Bank
Peru	ENAHO	2017	Stat. Office
Rwanda	EICV	2014	World Bank
SaoTome	IOF	2010	World Bank
Senegal	EDMC	2008	World Bank
Serbia	HBS	2015	World Bank
South Africa	IES	2011	U. of Cape Town
Tanzania	HBS	2012	World Bank
Tunisia	ENBCNV	2010	Stat. Office
Uruguay	ENIGH	2005	Stat. Office

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Some countries analysis differ slighlty from the general structure. These differences are listed below:

Crosswalks: Brazil (product_code & TOR) Bolivia (COICOP & TOR) Eswatini (COICOP) Mexico (COICOP) Morocco (COICOP) Papua New Guinea (COICOP) Peru (product_code & TOR) South Africa (COICOP)

Question on Reason of purchase: Benin Burundi Comores Congo DRC Congo Rep Morocco

Imputation of some TOR (Type of retailer): Cameroon Montenegro Mozambique Niger Tanzanie

Product Code not following COICOP: Brazil Chad Peru