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We provide evidence of the relative cost-effectiveness of different types of policy instrument in reducing poverty or limiting its increase, comparing within and between seven diverse EU countries. We do that by measuring the implications of increasing/reducing the instrument size within its...
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lower distortionary effects on growth and employment. These arguments have often been cited to support policy …. However since income inequality is notoriously high in these countries, the question of introducing some progressivity in the … microsimulation and macro models, we find that a significant reduction in income inequality can be achieved by moving from a flat to a …
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model for the EU. First, we briefly report the process of updating EUROMOD. We then present indicators for income inequality …
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ceteris paribus impact of the reforms on inequality and poverty as well as estimate how the burden of austerity has been …
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This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely … 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes in inequality and poverty rates over this time … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …
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policies in Estonia, Italy and the United Kingdom. Disentangling the contribution to inequality and poverty of each housing … impact on inequality in Estonia and on both inequality and relative poverty in Italy. In all three countries, housing …
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inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and EU-SILC based …
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losses, and is widely perceived to have a comparably significant effect in terms of greater inequality and increased poverty …
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indicators for income inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and …
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effects of tax evasion in Greece are higher income inequality and much lower progressivity of the income tax system. …
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