progressivity
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- noun
- /prəˈɡrɛsɪvɪti/
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progresividad
- Public policies such as providing the poor with equal opportunity to quality education and health services, increasing the assets of the poor through land reform, land titling, and housing programs, fiscal reforms that improve the progressivity of taxes and public spending, correcting market failures in the credit market, eliminating discriminatory practices, and creating mechanisms that protect the poor from adverse shocks are all key ingredients of growth with equity.
Examples
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In addition, higher personal tax rates may affect the share of corporate activities through tax evasion and tax progressivity.
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Raise and index the minimum wage, (2) improve the unemployment insurance system, (3) increase the progressivity of state tax systems, and (4) strengthen the safety net.
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Furthermore, we do not include interest rates on debt, economic growth, or income tax progressivity.
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Impact of the level of state tax code progressivity on children's health outcomes.
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The four-year agenda is to restore progressivity to the tax system.
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It would definitely increase tax progressivity, which is why Republicans are so violently opposed to it.
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A recent TPC paper examined trade-offs among revenues, progressivity, and tax rates in tax reform.
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Perhaps the simplest way in the United States to achieve some redistribution of income and to pay for what are now employee entitlements is to increase the income tax and steepen its progressivity.
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The government is committed to enhancing the progressivity of its tax policies to benefit low-income families.
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Many economists argue that greater progressivity in the tax system leads to a fairer distribution of wealth.
Synonyms
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2.5
Forward change toward a goal or better state
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Progress or growth that makes something better
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A process of moving forward or developing over time
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A willingness to support new ideas and social change
Antonyms
How Progressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
progressivity = progressive (transparent) = progress + ity
A regular nominalization of the adjective 'progressive' (progress + -ive) to indicate the quality or state of being progressive, which is directly inferable.
Etymology
Progressivity comes from the word progress, made of pro- 'forward' and gradus 'step', the same root you see in grade and graduate. So, progressivity is the quality of moving forward or making steps toward better conditions, for example policies or a tax system that change to become fairer.