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I propose a method to decompose changes in income inequality into the contributions of policy changes, wage rate … apply this method to decompose the increase in income inequality in Germany from 2002 to 2011, a period that saw tax … inequality reducing effect as measured by the Mean Log Deviation and the Gini coefficient. For the Gini, these effects are offset …
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I propose a method to decompose changes in income inequality into the contributions of policy changes, wage rate … apply this method to decompose the increase in income inequality in Germany from 2002 to 2011, a period that saw tax … inequality reducing effect as measured by the Mean Log Deviation and the Gini coefficient. For the Gini, these effects are offset …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011572170
I propose a method to decompose changes in income inequality into the contributions of policy changes, wage rate … apply this method to decompose the increase in income inequality in Germany from 2002 to 2011, a period that saw tax … inequality reducing effect as measured by the Mean Log Deviation and the Gini coefficient. For the Gini, these effects are offset …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011569309
This paper analyses the effectiveness of tax-benefit systems in reducing poverty and inequality across 13 countries in … the Global South. Using national survey data and tax-benefit microsimulation models from the SOUTHMOD project, we provide … to poverty and inequality. Additionally, we assess gender disparities in outcomes, quantify the distributional effects of …
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We study a set of hypothetical reforms of child benefits in Germany, using a static tax-benefit microsimulation model … benefits are increased, the effect on overall income inequality is more pronounced at the cost of reduced labour supply …
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In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government …-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve … along this pattern, a vicious cycle could form with reduced social concern amplifying primal increases in inequality due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012148202
In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government …-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve … along this pattern, a vicious cycle could form with reduced social concern amplifying primal increases in inequality due to …
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reduce inequality. The comparative analysis highlights the possibility of adopting strategies to reduce the financial burden …
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In this paper we study the impact of tax-benefit systems on income inequality and work incentives across the 27 Member … States of the European Union (EU). Using EUROMOD, the EU-wide taxbenefit microsimulation model, we disentangle the role of …
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the tax-and-benefit microsimulation model with the discrete labour supply model. Our results show that both individual and …
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