the incomes of men and women. Using microsimulation and intra-household income splitting rules, we measure the differences …-age pensions, taxes and transfers - both contributory and means-tested - significantly reduce gender income inequality but cannot …

policies. However, due to complicated nature of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) poverty …

This paper aims to disentangle the driving factors behind the changes in income inequality in the Baltics since the EU … accession, distinguishing between primary income effect, discrete changes in tax-benefit policies and demographic effect … and re-weighting techniques. Decomposition of the total change in inequality showed that income and policy effects are …

income distribution. However, it has become increasingly recognised, both at the academic and political level, that focusing … purely on income provides a limited picture of social progress. We illustrate how ex-ante policy evaluation can be performed …

Progressivität aufweisen und welche Wirkungen auf die Verteilung der Einkommen darauf zurückzuführen sind. Die Analyse zeigt, dass …

The flat income tax has become increasingly popular recently, yet its implementation is limited to Eastern Europe. We … are more likely to benefit from flat taxes. -- Flat tax reform ; income distribution ; work incentives ; microsimulation …

. -- flat tax ; income distribution ; microsimulation ; labour supply …

size and impact on the income distribution of this kind of support can be accurately measured. While such support is …