inequality and increased poverty. We provide an early assessment of whether (and to what extent) this is the case. More …

Using counterfactual microsimulations, Shapley decompositions of time change in inequality and poverty indices make it … depth of poverty would have increased under the first New Labour government, had important reforms like the extensions of … income support and tax credits not been implemented. These reforms have also contributed to substantially reduce poverty …

counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the …

redistributive objectives and in reducing poverty. For the analysis we use the tax/benefit micro-simulation model EUROMOD. Due to the … groups at risk of poverty. In the period from 2003 to 2005 the tax reform 2004/05 was introduced and contributions to health … insurance were raised. We find that the measures had no significant impact on poverty and income distribution; however, in total …