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Changes in income distributions and the role of tax-benefit policy during the Great Recession : an international perspective
Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Keane, … - 2013
This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely … 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes in inequality and poverty rates over this time … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010212995
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Fiscal policy, inequality and the ethnic divide in Guatemala
Cabrera, Maynor; Lustig, Nora; Morán, Hilcías E. - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011456591
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Analysing the effects of tax benefit reforms on income distribution : a decomposition approach
Bargain, Olivier (contributor); Callan, Tim (contributor) - 2007
counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the …. -- Tax-benefit policy ; inequality ; poverty ; decomposition ; microsimulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561638
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Appraising cross-national income inequality databases : an introduction
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Lustig, Nora; Teles, Daniel - 2015
In response to a growing interest in comparing inequality levels and trends across countries, a number of cross-national inequality databases are now available. These databases differ considerably in purpose, coverage, data sources, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and quality of documentation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376319