How can poverty reduction be improved and at what cost? Available evidence suggests that social investment strategies … and employment policies are important but not sufficient. In order to reduce the number of people below the relative at-risk-of-poverty … paper we show that this is not a cheap option. We calculate the hypothetical cost of closing the poverty gap while …

international comparative setting, taking account of both first and second order labour supply effects. We use the micro-simulation …This article studies the impact of design characteristics of in-work benefits on employment and poverty in an … analysis, numerous trade-offs are uncovered: not only between employment and poverty goals, but also within employment …

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 … unrealistically high tax rates, especially for Italy. The impact on poverty and inequality of the HNIT scheme is markedly higher for …

We investigate the impact of the Romanian and Czech family policy systems on the income distribution and poverty risk …

inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and EU-SILC based …-benefit microsimulation model for the EU. First, we briefly report the process of updating EUROMOD. We then present indicators for income …

indicators for income inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and …-benefit microsimulation model for the EU. First, we briefly report the process of constructing and updating EUROMOD. We then present …

inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and EU-SILC based …-benefit microsimulation model for the EU-28. First, we briefly report the process of updating EUROMOD. We then present indicators for income …

This paper presents baseline results from the latest version of EUROMOD (version G2.1), the tax-benefit microsimulation … model for the EU. First, we briefly report the process of updating EUROMOD. We then present indicators for income inequality … and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and EU-SILC based indicators …

inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and EU-SILC based …-benefit microsimulation model for the EU. First, we briefly report the process of updating EUROMOD. We then present indicators for income …