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Taxing Home Ownership: Distributional Effects of Including Net Imputed Rent in Taxable Income
Figari, Francesco; Paulus, Alari; Sutherland, Holly; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
rent, net of mortgage interest and maintenance costs, in taxable income as any cash income source that extends consumption … opportunities. Three scenarios are analysed in six European countries: in the first imputed rent is included in the taxable income … abolished. In two further revenue-neutral scenarios, the additional tax revenue raised through the taxation of imputed rent is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279327
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Non-Cash Benefits and the Distribution of Economic Welfare
Callan, Tim; Keane, Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
indicate that the greatest impact comes from the inclusion of imputed rent for owner occupation as part of the resource measure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762090
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Using Efficiency Analysis to Measure Individual Well-Being with an Illustration for Catalonia
Ramos, Xavi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper shows how distance functions, a tool typically employed in production economics to measure the distance between a set of inputs and a set of outputs, can be employed to approximate a composite measure encompassing the many dimensions of well-being. It also illustrates how to implement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703024
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Measuring Richness and Poverty: A Micro Data Application to Europe and Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Schaefer, Thilo; Scheicher, Christoph - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
In this paper, we define a new class of richness measures. In contrast to the often used headcount, these new measures are sensitive to changes in rich persons' income and therefore allow for a more sophisticated analysis of richness. We demonstrate the application of these new measures to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763539
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Die Messung von Armut unter Berücksichtigung regional divergierender Lebenshaltungskosten und öffentlicher Leistungen
Hillringhaus, Tilman; Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Bislang beschränkt sich die Messung von Armut und Ungleichheit in der deutschen Armutsberichterstattung im Wesentlichen auf die Betrachtung des Nettoeinkommens. Ein solches Vorgehen vernachlässigt umfangreiche öffentliche Leistungen, die in Form von nichtmonetären Leistungen erbracht werden....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008756376
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The Relationship between EU Indicators of Persistent and Current Poverty
Jenkins, Stephen P.; Van Kerm, Philippe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
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....
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Social Security in Belgium: Distributive Outcomes
Jousten, Alain; Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Perelman, Sergio; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The paper analyzes the link between old-age income programs and economic outcomes in Belgium. We use a simulation methodology to construct an average pension generosity variable. Our regression analysis explores the link with distributional outcomes in income, consumption and more subjective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762242
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Does Relative Income Matter for the Very Poor? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
Akay, Alpaslan; Martinsson, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We studied whether relative income has an impact on subjective well-being among extremely poor people. Contrary to the findings in developed countries, where relative income has shown a significant and negative impact on subjective well-being, we cannot reject the hypothesis that relative income...
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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682244
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Analysing the Effects of Tax-Benefit Reforms on Income Distribution: A Decomposition Approach
Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
To assess the impact of tax-benefit policy changes on income distribution over time, we suggest a methodology based on counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the tax-benefit structure (rules, rates, etc.),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762179