discuss the extent to which the new EU member states of Eastern Europe display differences and similarities with the other … countries of the EU. We find that the Eastern European countries are rather heterogeneous. The Czech Republic and Hungary are … resembles structures in any of the pre-enlargement EU countries. …

As unemployment rises across the European Union (EU) it is important to understand the extent to which the incomes of … uses the EU tax-benefit model EUROMOD to explore these issues, comparing effects in five countries. It provides evidence on …

people of working age from poverty in the European Union. Using the EU-wide microsimulation model EUROMOD, we investigate (a …

The persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate is one of the EU's 11 primary indicators of social inclusion but it has received … little attention compared to the current at-risk-of-poverty rate. Using the 2008 EU Statistics on Income and Living … Conditions (EU-SILC) database, we compare persistent income poverty rates across European nations and examine differences in …

The EU's Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), launched in 2003, was the first micro-level data set to … provide comprehensive data on incomes and other social and economic domains over the enlarged EU. This paper draws on two … programmes of research to ask how well the EU-SILC has met the objectives with which it was designed. We focus on three areas …

characteristics. We find that regions with a higher percentage of immigrants born outside the EU and a higher unemployment rate among …

paper, I exploit the variability in policies offered by the EU countries, in terms of length of the leave and payments, and …