A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We … rates. Our analysis is based on a microsimulation model that accounts for the interactions between wages, the tax …

compensated by a revenue-neutral reduction in income-related taxes. Based on a dual data base and a microsimulation model of labor … on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …

analysis affects wealth distribution and inequality analysis. Obviously, when measured in "per capita household" terms, wealth … wealth holders (increasing on average by 15%) and also on aggregate wealth (plus 30%). However, with respect to inequality …

-monetary income advantages arising from home production and analyse their impact on economic inequality. As an alternative to existing … choice of method. Although the substantive notion of reduced inequality is stable, the degree of variation in our findings …

Extending the traditional income poverty concept by multidimensional poverty has been of growing interest within the … last years. This paper contributes with an analysis of interdepend-ent multidimensional (IMD) poverty intensity of time and … income, which in particular restricts social participation. The interdependency of the multiple poverty dimensions under a …

Poverty line definitions in use often lack a solid scientific foundation. This paper proposes to exploit data on income … satisfaction to construct an evidence-based poverty line. The poverty line is identified by using its assumed unique property to …-Economic Panel yields a temporally stable poverty line similar to the definition provided by the Statistical Office of the European …