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An unemployment insurance scheme for the euro area? : a comparison of different alternatives using micro data

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Neumann, Dirk; Peichl, … - 2015

We analyze different options for the design of a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA). We assess their effectiveness to act as an insurance device in the presence of asymmetric macroeconomic shocks. Running counterfactual simulations based on micro data for the period...

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Homeownership investment and tax neutrality : a joint assessment of income and property taxes in Europe

Figari, Francesco; Verbist, Gerlinde; Zantomio, Francesca - 2019

Western countries' income tax systems exempt the return from investing in owner-occupied housing. Returns from other investments are instead taxed, thus distorting households’ portfolio choices, although it is argued that housing property taxation might act as a counterbalance. Based on data...

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International effects of euro area versus US policy uncertainty : a FAVAR approach

Belke, Ansgar; Osowski, Thomas - 2017

Building on the growing evidence on the importance of large data sets for empirical macroeconomic modeling, we estimate a large-scale FAVAR model for 18 OECD member countries. We quantify the global effects of economic policy uncertainty shocks and check whether the signs, the magnitude, and the...

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Care choices in Europe : to each according to his needs?

Heger, Dörte; Korfhage, Thorben - 2016

Growing long-term care (LTC) needs represent a major challenge for our ageing societies. Understanding how utilization patterns of different types of care are influenced by LTC policies or changes in the population composition such as age patterns or health can provide helpful insight on how to...

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Changes in morbidity over time : evidence from Europe

Heger, Dörte; Kolodziej, Ingo W. K. - 2016

The elderly are the main beneficiaries of recent gains in life expectancy in the EU. Whether the additional life time …

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Work and well-being of informal caregivers in Europe

Heger, Dörte - 2014

Informal caregivers provide valuable services to elderly persons with long-term care needs, but the consequences of caregiving on caregivers are not yet fully understood. This paper illustrates the interrelation between caregiving and caregivers’ labour force participation, cognitive ability,...

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Do welfare state taxes and transfers reduce gender income inequality? : evidence from eight European countries

Avram, Silvia; Popova, Daria - 2020

We complement the institutional literature on gender and the welfare state by examining how taxes and transfers affect the incomes of men and women. Using microsimulation and intra-household income splitting rules, we measure the differences in the level and composition of individual disposable...

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The probability of poverty for mothers after childbirth and divorce in Europe : the role of social stratification and tax-benefit policies

Popova, Daria; Navickė, Jekaterina - 2019

poverty among mothers after childbirth and divorce/separation. The analysis was carried out for twelve EU countries, which …

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Improving poverty reduction in Europe : what works best where?

Leventi, Chrysa; Sutherland, Holly; Tasseva, Iva Valentinova - 2017

limiting its increase, comparing within and between seven diverse EU countries. We do that by measuring the implications of …

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Occupational mobility in Europe : extent, determinants and consequences

Bachmann, Ronald; Bechara, Peggy; Vonnahme, Christina - 2017

We examine occupational mobility and its link to wage mobility across a large number of EU countries using worker … mobility in terms of wage outcomes and structural change across the EU. In addition, we identify potential explanations for the …In dieser Studie werden berufliche Mobilität und deren Zusammenhang zu Lohnmobilität für eine große Anzahl von EU …

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