Tax and benefit systems in the enlarged EU vary significantly in size and structure. We examine how taxes and benefits … shape income distributions in 19 EU countries, focusing on the differences between Western European countries (EU15) and …

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 …

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

-benefit microsimulation model for the EU. First, we briefly report the process of updating EUROMOD. We then present indicators for income … inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and EU-SILC based … estimates of marginal effective tax rates (METR) for all 27 EU countries in order to explore the effect of tax and benefit …

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 …

We compare the distributional effects of policy changes presented as fiscal consolidation measures in nine EU countries …, using the EU microsimulation model EUROMOD. The nine countries, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal …

-benefit microsimulation model for the EU. First, we briefly report the process of constructing and updating EUROMOD. We then present … EU-SILC based indicators. We further compare EUROMOD indicators across countries and over time between 2007 and 2010 …. Finally, we provide estimates of marginal effective tax rates (METR) for all 27 EU countries in order to explore the effect of …

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