Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 46
Cover Image
Using the EU-SILC for policy simulation : prospects, some limitations and suggestions
Figari, Francesco (contributor); Levy, Horacio (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003407707
Cover Image
A basic income for Europe's children?
Levy, Horacio (contributor); Lietz, Christine (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003376023
Cover Image
Measuring the size and impact of public cash support for children in cross-national perspective
Figari, Francesco; Paulus, Alari; Sutherland, Holly - 2009
The paper focuses on the support given through tax and benefit systems to families with children and addresses how the size and impact on the income distribution of this kind of support can be accurately measured. While such support is usually measured in rather narrow terms by adding up the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003989806
Cover Image
Accurate income measurement for the assessment of public policies : final report
Sutherland, Holly; Decoster, André; Matsaganis, Manos; … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003989826
Cover Image
The distributional impact of in kind public benefits in European countries
Paulus, Alari; Sutherland, Holly; Tsakloglou, Panos O. - 2009
International comparisons of inequality based on measures of disposable income may not be valid if the size and incidence of publicly-provided in kind benefits differ across the countries considered. The benefits that are financed by taxation in one country may need to be purchased out of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003989854
Cover Image
Economic downturn and stress testing European welfare systems
Figari, Francesco; Salvatori, Andrea; Sutherland, Holly - 2010
As unemployment rises across the European Union (EU) it is important to understand the extent to which the incomes of … of this increase in unemployment. This paper uses the EU tax-benefit model EUROMOD to explore these issues, comparing … effects in five EU countries. It provides evidence on the differing degrees of resilience of the household incomes of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003989860
Cover Image
Inequalities within couples : market incomes and the role of taxes and benefits in Europe
Figari, Francesco; Immervoll, Herwig; Levy, Horacio; … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003583444
Cover Image
The financial well-being of older people in Europe and the redistributive effects of minimum pension schemes
Figari, Francesco; Matsaganis, Manos; Sutherland, Holly - 2011
This study analyses the financial well-being of elderly people across Europe. Using the European microsimulation model EUROMOD, which facilitates the identification of minimum pension schemes in a comparable way across countries, we show the extent to which these schemes serve to reduce the risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009487506
Cover Image
Nowcasting risk of poverty and low work intensity in Europe
Rastrigina, Olga; Leventi, Chrysa; Sutherland, Holly - 2015
EUROMOD based on EU-SILC data and combined with up-to-date macro-level statistics from the Labour Force Survey. The method is … applied to 12 EU Member States for the period 2009-2013. Its performance is assessed by comparing the EUROMOD estimates with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011284951
Cover Image
Were we really all in it together? : the distributional effects of the 2010 - 2015 UK Coalition government's tax-benefit policy changes ; an end-of-term update
De Agostini, Paola; Hills, John R.; Sutherland, Holly - 2015
This paper examines the distributional impacts of the changes to benefits, tax credits, pensions and direct taxes between the UK Elections in May 2010 and in May 2015. It also looks ahead to the longer-term effects of changes and plans that were announced by the 2010-2015 Coalition government,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317097