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

empirical results are similar in qualitative but rather different in quantitative terms across EU countries. State dependence …

discrete hazard analysis is used and the duration dependence is captured with time dummies. In almost all the 14 EU Member …

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 …

distribution of income. In order to decompose the impact of components of income, we utilised a microsimulation methodology the EU … variables in the EU-SILC into 17 used in our tax-benefit model. Validating, our results were positive, giving us confidence in …

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

At the European level and in most EU member states, higher employment levels are seen as key to better poverty outcomes …

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