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The joint decision of female labour supply and childcare in Italy under costs and availability constraints
Figari, Francesco; Narazani, Edlira - 2017
It is widely recognized that childcare has important pedagogical, economic and social effects on both children and parents. This paper is the first attempt to estimate a joint structural model of female labour supply and childcare behaviour applied to Italy in order to analyse the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011627979
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Shifting taxes from labour to property : a simulation under labour market equilibrium
Coda Moscarola, Flavia; Colombino, Ugo; Figari, Francesco; … - 2014
effective income support and better incentives to work for low wage households and determines an improvement in inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467825
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Baseline results from the EU27 EUROMOD (2009 - 2012)
Jara, H. Xavier; Sutherland, Holly; Avram, Silvia; De … - 2013
-benefit microsimulation model for the EU. First, we briefly report the process of updating EUROMOD. We then present indicators for income … inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and EU-SILC based …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009773091
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Baseline results from the new EU27 EUROMOD (2007-2010)
Jara, H. Xavier; Sutherland, Holly; Avram, Silivia; De … - 2013
-benefit microsimulation model for the EU. First, we briefly report the process of constructing and updating EUROMOD. We then present … indicators for income inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009712467
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Baseline results from the EU-27 EUROMOD (2009 - 2013)
Jara, H. Xavier; Leventi, Chrysa - 2014
This paper presents baseline results from the latest version of EUROMOD (version G2.1), the tax-benefit microsimulation … model for the EU. First, we briefly report the process of updating EUROMOD. We then present indicators for income inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010422113
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Size and distributional pattern of pension-related tax expenditures in European countries
Barrios Cobos, Salvador; Coda Moscarola, Flavia; … - 2018
both contributions and pension benefits, in 28 European countries using EUROMOD, the EU-wide microsimulation model. We find … that pension-related tax expenditures can have a sizeable impact on revenue and strong effects on inequality and poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011926103
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Can in-work benefits improve social inclusion in the Southern European countries?
Figari, Francesco - 2009
Southern European Countries using EUROMOD, the EU-wide tax-benefit microsimulation model. In-Work Benefits (IWBs) are means … the labour market participation of women in couples is of fundamental concern. -- work benefits ; fiscal microsimulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003839429
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The redistributive effect and progressivity of taxes revisited : an international comparison across the European Union
Verbist, Gerlinde; Figari, Francesco - 2014
Over the last few years concern for income inequality in European countries has increased remarkably. In this context … aim of this paper is twofold. First, we investigate empirically whether there is a link between pre-tax income inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010340288
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The design of fiscal consolidation measures in the European Union : distributional effects and implications for macroeconomic recovery
Figari, Francesco; Paulus, Alari; Sutherland, Holly - 2015
The financial and economic crisis which started in the late 2000s and the fiscal consolidation measures to counter the subsequent government budget deficits have an impact on household income distribution and macroeconomic recovery. We consider the austerity measures in relation to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010505115
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An assessment of wealth taxes in a joint income-wealth perspective
Kuypers, Sarah; Figari, Francesco; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2020
Many researchers and policymakers have made strong arguments for broadening the taxes on wealth and its returns. Although the theoretical literature on (optimal) wealth taxation is growing, there exists a large void in empirical research. This paper addresses this void by analysing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293638