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Who compares to whom? : the anatomy of income comparisons in Europe
Clark, Andrew E.; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2009
This paper provides unprecedented direct evidence from large-scale survey data on both the intensity (how much?) and direction (to whom?) of income comparisons. Income comparisons are considered to be at least somewhat important by three-quarters of Europeans. They are associated with both lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003898065
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A note on unhappiness and unemployment duration
Clark, Andrew E. (contributor) - 2006
Although it is now widely-accepted that unemployment is associated with sharply lower levels of individual well-being, relatively little is known about how this effect depends on unemployment duration. Data from three large-scale European panels is used to shed light on this issue; these data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003490824
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Fiscal union in Europe? : redistributive and stabilising effects of an EU tax-benefit system
Bargain, Olivier; 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009545267
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Equality of opportunity and redistribution in Europe
Dunnzlaff, Lina; Neumann, Dirk; Niehues, Judith; … - 2010
-Saxon countries. For Eastern Europe, our results are less definite. Looking at the impact of the tax and benefit schemes in the EU, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009313331
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Fiscal union in Europe? : redistributive and stabilising effects of an EU tax-benefit system
Bargain, Olivier; 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009667120
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Comparing inequality aversion across countries when labor supply responses differ
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Neumann, Dirk; … - 2013
margins for 17 EU countries and the US. Using the same data, inequality aversion is measured as the degree of redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009715731
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Well-being, poverty and labor income taxation : theory and application to Europe and the U.S.
Maniquet, François; Neumann, Dirk - 2016
In a model in which agents differ in wages and preferences over labor time-consumption bundles, we study labor income tax schemes that alleviate poverty. To avoid conflict with individual well-being, we require redistribution to take place between agents on both sides of the poverty line...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528840
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An unemployment insurance scheme for the Euro area? : a comparison of different alternatives using micro data
Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Neumann, Dirk; Peichl, … - 2014
We analyze different alternatives how a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA) could be designed and assess their effectiveness to act as an insurance device in the presence of asymmetric macroeconomic shocks. Running counterfactual simulations based on micro data for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423760
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Heterogeneity in reported well-being : evidence from twelve European countries
Clark, Andrew E.; Etilé, Fabrice; Postel-Vinay, Fabien; … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
This paper models the relationship between income and reported well-being using latent class techniques applied to panel data from twelve European countries. Introducing both intercept and slope heterogeneity into this relationship, we strongly reject the hypothesis that individuals transform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002452375
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Tax-benefit systems in Europe and the US : between equity and efficiency
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Neumann, Dirk; … - 2011
approach to characterize the redistributive preferences embodied in the welfare systems of 17 EU countries and the US. Implicit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124584