regressivity
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9.9
- noun
- /rɪˈɡrɛsɪvɪti/
- Specialized
- More practically, general revenues are in very short supply, and one can probably hope for little more than, for example, liberalization of the Earned Income Tax Credit, which partially offsets the regressivity of the payroll tax for low-income families with young dependents.
Examples
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The consumption tax has been broadened to include as many goods and services as possible without giving rise to unacceptable (and not correctable) regressivity.
Academic text (1993) -
Addressing the overall regressivity of the state's tax system by extending the state's Earned Income Tax Credit is an important way to help struggling families move up the income ladder.
Blog text (32) -
The regressivity of the current Social Security payroll tax does, however, remain problematic.
Academic text (1991) -
There are also links to studies on state/local tax regressivity from 2003 and 2009.
Blog text (2) -
It is related to the argument about the regressivity of taxes on soda, cigarettes, booze, etc.
Blog text (2) -
There is an extensive literature documenting the regressivity of pensions in countries such as Venezuela, where the poor do not participate in the formal economy and thus are not beneficiaries of the social security system.
Academic text (2008) -
While regressivity appears to be less acute for casino play, one study of Las Vegas found that expenditures increased disproportionately with income, and one study of Atlantic City found only slight regressivity. This difference may vanish as casinos become more accessible.
Academic text (1996) -
While regressivity appears to be less acute for casino play, one study of Las Vegas found that expenditures increased disproportionately with income, and one study of Atlantic City found only slight regressivity. This difference may vanish as casinos become more accessible.
Academic text (1996) -
Claims of the regressivity of gasoline taxes typically rely on annual surveys of consumer income and expenditures, which show that gasoline expenditures are a larger fraction of income for very low-income households than for middle or high-income households.
Blog text (18) -
The regressivity of the tax system means that low-income families pay a higher percentage of their income compared to wealthier individuals.
Synonyms
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8.5
A tendency for a law or system to make things less advanced
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
regressivity = regressive (semi-transparent) = regress + ive + ity
Formed by a regular nominalization of the adjective 'regressive' with the suffix '-ity', yielding 'the quality of being regressive'.
Etymology
Regressivity comes from the parts re- 'back' and gress 'step', the same root as in progress. So regressivity is about 'moving back' — in taxes it describes systems that move fairness backward by taking a larger share from poorer people.