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This paper assesses the effect of key demographic changes (population ageing and upskilling) that are expected by 2030 on the income distribution in the EU-27 and examines the potential of tax-benefit systems to counterbalance negative developments. Theory predicts that population ageing should...
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There has not been much progress on the poverty front in Europe over recent decades, at least if we take it as a …, absolute and effective wage floors in Europe over the past decades. We ask whether progress on the poverty front through …
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This paper asks how income distribution affects individual well-being and tries to explore the idea that this relation depends on the degree of mobility and uncertainty in the economy. It mostly concentrates on the relation between satisfaction and reference income (defined as the income of...
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To assess the impact of tax-benefit policy changes on income distribution over time, we suggest a methodology based on counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the tax-benefit structure (rules, rates, etc.),...
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-Saxon countries. For Eastern Europe, our results are less definite. Looking at the impact of the tax and benefit schemes in the EU, it …
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knowledge the first to use this dynamic approach applied to Europe, which we are able to do with a common dataset, time …
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This paper is prepared as a chapter for the Handbook of Income Distribution, Volume 2 (edited by A. B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon, Elsevier-North Holland, forthcoming). Like the other chapters in the volume (and its predecessor), the aim is to provide comprehensive review of a particular area...
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and Europe. Rates and trends in absolute mobility varied dramatically across countries during this period: the US and …
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the effect of the most recent economic crisis will most likely be long-term, especially in the South of Europe. …
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1960s. We have compiled the first historical bibliography of household budget surveys in Western Europe and, using the …
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