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and re-weighting techniques. Decomposition of the total change in inequality showed that income and policy effects are …This paper aims to disentangle the driving factors behind the changes in income inequality in the Baltics since the EU …. Evaluation of the three effects was based on counterfactual scenarios, which were constructed using taxbenefit microsimulation …
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these tax, transfer and minimum wage reforms on income inequality and poverty based on a microsimulation approach using …Atkinson's book Inequality: What Can Be Done? (Harvard University Press, 2015) sets out a range of concrete proposals … aimed at reducing income inequality, which cover a very broad span but include major changes to the income tax and social …
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In this paper we study the impact of tax-benefit systems on income inequality and work incentives across the 27 Member … States of the European Union (EU). Using EUROMOD, the EU-wide taxbenefit microsimulation model, we disentangle the role of …
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would be possible with either an NIT or UBI. A static microsimulation, using the EUROMOD model, is conducted on the HNIT … results are interpreted in terms of poverty and inequality statistics while closely looking into the assumptions of the … microsimulation models. In the first scenario a modest level of guaranteed minimum income is feasible, decreasing both poverty and …
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In empirical analysis, the Kakwani index is the most frequently used indicator for comparing progressivity across countries and over time. The Kakwani is often assumed to measure to what extent a policy design is targeted to the poor. It has, however, a major drawback: it is not defined for net...
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for the period of 2005-2013 based on a combination of measures estimated using tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD …
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representatives of alternative family policy models. Using microsimulation models (RUSMOD and EUROMOD), this paper estimates the …
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tax-benefit microsimulation model for Russia (RUSMOD) which is based upon the EUROMOD platform. RUSMOD simulates the …
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RUSMOD is a static tax-benefit microsimulation model for Russia. The model can be used for ex post and ex ante … in Russia. The final estimates of poverty and inequality from RUSMOD are very close to those based on National accounts …
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this paper, we use a new Australian microsimulation model, ATM, built on the EUROMOD platform to examine the extent to …
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