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Redistributive effect and the progressivity of taxes and benefits: evidence for the UK, 1977-2018

Hérault, Nicolas; Jenkins, Stephen - 2021

components using yearly UK data covering 1977-2018. We examine cash and in-kind benefits, and direct and indirect taxes. In … benefits are largely associated with cyclical changes in average benefit rates. In contrast, trends in the redistributive … effects of direct and indirect taxes are mostly associated with changes in progressivity. For in-kind benefits, changes in the …

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Redistribution, horizontal inequity, and reranking: direct taxation in the UK, 1977-2020

Hérault, Nicolas; Jenkins, Stephen - 2023

give specific attention to the choice of the bandwidth used to define "close equals" in terms of pre-tax income. We also …

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Tony Atkinson and his legacy

Brandolini, Andrea; Jenkins, Stephen; Micklewright, John - 2017

Tony Atkinson is universally celebrated for his outstanding contributions to the measurement and analysis of inequality, but he never saw the study of inequality as a separate branch of economics. He was an economist in the classical sense, rejecting any sub-field labelling of his interests and...

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The dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt in Britain

Cappellari, Lorenzo; Jenkins, Stephen - 2009

s. The results also reveal a substantial heterogeneity in SA annual transition rates. -- Benefits ; income dynamics …

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Are recipients of social assistance "benefit dependent"? : concepts, measurement and results for selected countries

Immervoll, Herwig; Jenkins, Stephen; Königs, Sebastian - 2015

Means-tested Social Assistance (SA) benefits play an important role as social protection floors supporting households … EU countries. It provides an overview of the role of SA benefits in social protection systems and assesses the generosity …

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The dynamics of social assistance receipt : measurement and modelling issues, with an application to Britain

Cappellari, Lorenzo (contributor); … - 2008

trends between 1991 and 2005 in the receipt of social assistance benefits, and in annual rates of transition into and out of …. -- Social assistance ; welfare benefits ; dynamic random effects probit ; income dynamics …

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