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Distributional and welfare effects of replacing monetary benefits with universal basic income in Spain
Badenes Plá, Nuria; Gambau-Suelves, Borja; Navas … - 2019
This papers quantifies the redistributive effects on progressivity, poverty and welfare, that would occur if the … monetary benefits currently in place in the Spanish system were to be replaced by a neutral alternative in terms of spending … replaced by a basic income, and another in which retirement pensions are maintained, with the rest of monetary benefits being …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389712
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The impact of in-work benefits on female labor supply and income distribution in Spain
Ayala Cañón, Luis; Paniagua, Milagros - 2017
In-work benefits (IWBs) have become very common transfer programs that seek to meet both efficiency and equity targets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012778
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The joint decision of female labour supply and childcare in Italy under costs and availability constraints
Figari, Francesco; Narazani, Edlira - 2017
It is widely recognized that childcare has important pedagogical, economic and social effects on both children and parents. This paper is the first attempt to estimate a joint structural model of female labour supply and childcare behaviour applied to Italy in order to analyse the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012813
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The effects of taxes and benefits on income distribution in the enlarged EU
Paulus, Alari; Čok, Mitja; Figari, Francesco; … - 2009
Tax and benefit systems in the enlarged EU vary significantly in size and structure. We examine how taxes and benefits … model, which simulates taxes and benefits for representative samples of household micro-data and through a common framework … and composition of incomes, and the effect of taxes and benefits on poverty and inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288255
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Baseline results from the EU-27 EUROMOD (2009-2013)
Jara Tamayo, Holguer Xavier; Leventi, Chrysa - 2014
This paper presents baseline results from the latest version of EUROMOD (version G2.1), the tax-benefit microsimulation model for the EU. First, we briefly report the process of updating EUROMOD. We then present indicators for income inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011304571
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The effect of tax-benefit changes on the income distribution in EU countries since the beginning of the economic crisis
De Agostini, Paola; Paulus, Alari; Sutherland, Holly; … - 2014
We compare the distributional effects of policy changes introduced in the period 2008-2013 in twelve EU countries using the EU microsimulation model EUROMOD. The countries, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania and the UK, chose different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011304573
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Nowcasting risk of poverty and low work intensity in Europe
Rastrigina, Olga; Leventi, Chrysa; Sutherland, Holly - 2015
Very low work intensity and at-risk-of-poverty are two of the three indicators used for monitoring progress towards the Europe 2020 poverty and social exclusion reduction target. Their timeliness is critical for tracing the effectiveness of policy interventions towards reaching this target....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011304580
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The design of fiscal consolidation measures in the European Union: Distributional effects and implications for macroeconomic recovery
Figari, Francesco; Paulus, Alari; Sutherland, Holly - 2015
The financial and economic crisis which started in the late 2000s and the fiscal consolidation measures to counter the subsequent government budget deficits have an impact on household income distribution and macroeconomic recovery. We consider the austerity measures in relation to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011304586
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Nowcasting risk of poverty and income distribution in the EU in 2013
Leventi, Chrysa; Navicke, Jekaterina; Rastrigina, Olga; … - 2014
The at-risk-of-poverty rate is one of the three indicators used for monitoring progress towards the Europe 2020 poverty and social exclusion reduction target. Timeliness of this indicator is critical for monitoring the effectiveness of policies. However, due in part to the complicated nature of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011304587
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The distributional effects of fiscal consolidation in nine EU countries
Avram, Silvia; Figari, Francesco; Leventi, Chrysa; … - 2013
cash benefits and reductions in public sector pay is shared differently across the income distribution in the nine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331191