approach to characterize the redistributive preferences embodied in the welfare systems of 17 EU countries and the US. Implicit …

-Saxon countries. For Eastern Europe, our results are less definite. Looking at the impact of the tax and benefit schemes in the EU, it …

The current poverty rate and the persistent poverty rate are both included in the EU's portfolio of primary indicators … of social inclusion. We show that there is a near-linear relationship between these two indicators across EU countries … drawing on empirical analysis of EU-SILC and ECHP data. Using a prototypical model of poverty dynamics, we explain how the …

study the economic effects of introducing two elements of a fiscal union: Firstly, an EU-wide tax and transfer system and … secondly, an EU-wide system of fiscal equalisation. Using the European tax-benefit calculator EUROMOD, we exploit … countries. These effects depend on income levels and the structures of the existing national tax and transfer systems. The EU …

margins for 17 EU countries and the US. Using the same data, inequality aversion is measured as the degree of redistribution …

; how progress on EU poverty reduction has been disappointing and why this has been; conceptual and measurement issues; and … the future direction of EU-level anti-poverty actions. I follow in the footsteps of a giant – my perspectives are …