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Economic downturn and stress testing European welfare systems

Figari, Francesco; Salvatori, Andrea; Sutherland, Holly - 2010

As unemployment rises across the European Union (EU) it is important to understand the extent to which the incomes of … of this increase in unemployment. This paper uses the EU tax-benefit model EUROMOD to explore these issues, comparing … effects in five EU countries. It provides evidence on the differing degrees of resilience of the household incomes of the …

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The financial well-being of older people in Europe and the redistributive effects of minimum pension schemes

Figari, Francesco; Matsaganis, Manos; Sutherland, Holly - 2011

This study analyses the financial well-being of elderly people across Europe. Using the European microsimulation model EUROMOD, which facilitates the identification of minimum pension schemes in a comparable way across countries, we show the extent to which these schemes serve to reduce the risk...

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Federalism and innovation support for small and medium-sized enterprises : empirical evidence in Europe

Becker, Lasse; Bizer, Kilian - 2015

Private innovative activities receive public innovation support from different political levels. Few studies have empirically evaluated the influence of political systems on the reception of public innovation support and no other studies have evaluated innovation support across Europe with CIS...

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Reflections on the globalisation and europeanisation of the economy

Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso (contributor) - 1999

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Fiscal integration in the Eurozone : economic effects of two key scenarios

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Neumann, Dirk; Peichl, … - 2014

The 2008-09 crisis has shown that some euro area member countries were unable to sufficiently stabilize their economies which has given rise to a debate about deeper fiscal integration in Europe. In this paper, we analyze the redistributive and stabilizing effects of two scenarios of fiscal...

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The implications of an EMU unemployment insurance scheme for supporting incomes

Jara, H. Xavier; Sutherland, Holly - 2014

In this paper we explore the potential of a new unemployment insurance benefit at EMU level to improve the income protection available to the unemployed and their families. The benefit is designed to be additional to existing national provision where this falls short in terms of eligibility...

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Networks and product innovation across European SMEs

Behncke, Nadine - 2015

This paper analyzes the effect of different cooperation forms on innovation in small and medium enterprises in Belgium, Germany, Portugal and Spain using Community Innovation Survey data from 2008. We find that vertical cooperation and knowledge cooperation increases the probability to introduce...

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Effectiveness of public innovation support in Europe : does public support foster turnover, employment and labour productivity?

Becker, Lasse - 2015

In the European Union (EU), twenty Member States offer public innovation support for private research and development …

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Tax and transfer policies and female labor supply in the EU

Kalíšková, Klára - 2015

income in a new way by using a simulated instrumental variable based on a fixed EU-wide sample of women. Results suggest that …

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Fiscal union in Europe? : redistributive and stabilising effects of an EU tax-benefit system

Bargain, Oliver; Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; … - 2012

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 …

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