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Using the EU-SILC for policy simulation : prospects, some limitations and suggestions

Figari, Francesco (contributor); Levy, Horacio (contributor) - 2007

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A basic income for Europe's children?

Levy, Horacio (contributor); Lietz, Christine (contributor); … - 2006

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Measuring the size and impact of public cash support for children in cross-national perspective

Figari, Francesco; Paulus, Alari; Sutherland, Holly - 2009

the full range of components of cash support makes little difference fifth. Furthermore, accounting for the net effect of … the full range of components of cash support makes little difference in some countries but a lot more in others. For cross …-national comparisons it is therefore critical that a comprehensive measure is adopted. -- Children ; taxes and cash benefits ; child …

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Accurate income measurement for the assessment of public policies : final report

Sutherland, Holly; Decoster, André; Matsaganis, Manos; … - 2009

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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...

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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 the new unemployed are protected by tax-benefit systems and to assess the cost pressures on the social protection systems of this increase in unemployment. This paper uses the EU...

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Inequalities within couples : market incomes and the role of taxes and benefits in Europe

Figari, Francesco; Immervoll, Herwig; Levy, Horacio; … - 2007

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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...

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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....

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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,...

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