The Welfare State in Spain : An Impact Assessment

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.