This paper uses ECHP and OECD data for 14 EU countries to explore the role of labour market factors in explaining cross …

This paper analyses the dynamic structure of individual earnings across 14 EU countries over the period 1994-2001 using … relevant in the context of the changes that took place in the EU labour market policy framework after 1995 under the incidence …

Do EU citizens have an increased opportunity to improve their position in the distribution of earnings over time? This … question is answered by exploring short and long-term wage mobility for males across 14 EU countries between 1994 and 2001 …

Do EU citizens have an increased opportunity to improve their position in the distribution of lifetime earnings? To … and how does it differ across the EU? Our basic assumption is that mobility measured over a horizon of 8 years is a good … Shorrocks index, but the overall conclusions are not altered. Based on the Shorrocks (1978) index men across EU have an …

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 …

-Saxon countries. For Eastern Europe, our results are less definite. Looking at the impact of the tax and benefit schemes in the EU, it …

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 …

margins for 17 EU countries and the US. Using the same data, inequality aversion is measured as the degree of redistribution …