A flat tax rate on income has gained popularity in European countries. This paper assesses the attractiveness of such a … in the Netherlands by a flat rate will harm labour market performance if aggregate income inequality is contained. This …

It is well known that income and health are positively associated. Much less is known about the strength of this … by government transfers versus market transfers on changes in income-related health inequality (IRHI) in Europe. Using … the European Union Survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) panel data for 7 EU countries from 2004 to 2013, we …

the compensating income variation of social capital. We find differences in social capital when we differentiate according … income generally has a statistically significant effect. We find a significant effect of social capital on …?life?satisfaction. Consequently, the compensating income variation of social capital is substantial. …

The literature that tests for U-shaped relationships using panel data, such as those between pollution and income or … subjective choices due to a lack of identification. We apply our methodology to the pollution-income relationship of both CO2 …- and SO2-emissions. Interestingly, our approach yields estimates of both income (scale) and time (composition and …

influence of religion on income. The violation of the homogeneity assumption would have two consequences. First, results based … countries. We estimate simultaneously an income and a religion equation to correct for the endogeneity of religiosity. We find … that estimation outcomes are different between low and high-income countries. Whereas church membership is found to have a …