and women within couples in a selection of the member countries of the European Union (EU) using EUROMOD, the EU tax …

This paper uses ECHP and OECD data for 14 EU countries to explore the role of labour market factors in explaining cross …

This paper analyses the dynamic structure of individual earnings across 14 EU countries over the period 1994-2001 using … relevant in the context of the changes that took place in the EU labour market policy framework after 1995 under the incidence …

income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the US. In the case of an unemployment shock 48 per cent of the shock are … absorbed in the EU, compared to 34 per cent in the US. This cushioning of disposable income leads to a demand stabilization of … 23 to 32 per cent in the EU and 19 per cent in the US. There is large heterogeneity within the EU. Automatic stabilizers …

Do EU citizens have an increased opportunity to improve their position in the distribution of earnings over time? This … question is answered by exploring short and long-term wage mobility for males across 14 EU countries between 1994 and 2001 …

the redistributive effects of different tax benefit instruments in the enlarged EU based on two approaches. Inequality …

Do EU citizens have an increased opportunity to improve their position in the distribution of lifetime earnings? To … and how does it differ across the EU? Our basic assumption is that mobility measured over a horizon of 8 years is a good … Shorrocks index, but the overall conclusions are not altered. Based on the Shorrocks (1978) index men across EU have an …