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-Saxon countries. For Eastern Europe, our results are less definite. Looking at the impact of the tax and benefit schemes in the EU, it …
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-income countries could raise income inequality in Europe and the US, empirical estimates indicated only a modest contribution of trade … the unequal impacts of trade can manifest along different margins. Recent evidence from countries across Europe and the US …
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segregation by undertaking a comparative study North and South European cities. Our main finding shows that during the last global … economic cycle from the 1980s through the 2000s, both levels of social inequalities and socio-economic segregation have grown …. However, the effects of rising levels of inequality affect levels of segregation with a strong time lag. This reminds us that …
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We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and their social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition some individuals reside close to the job center while others live far away from it. Even though the two...
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socio-economic status in different inequality and segregation contexts in four European countries: Sweden, the Netherlands … the UK, which has long had high levels of social inequalities and high levels of socio-economic segregation, we find that … neighbourhoods are modest. In Estonia, which used to be one or the most equal and least segregated countries in Europe and now is one …
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This paper assesses the effect of key demographic changes (population ageing and upskilling) that are expected by 2030 on the income distribution in the EU-27 and examines the potential of tax-benefit systems to counterbalance negative developments. Theory predicts that population ageing should...
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This chapter provides the historical context for the past half-century in Europe focusing specifically on the link …
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We analyze poverty dynamics in Europe for the periods 1994‐2001 and 2005‐2008 using, respectively, the data of the ECHP …
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-economic segregation in Europe has grown. This paper develops a rigorous multi-factor approach to understand segregation and links it to … dimensions of rising socioeconomic inequality. This paper builds on a study of socio-economic segregation in twelve European … understanding of the differences between the hypothesized and actual segregation levels measured. It is suggested that introducing …
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Studies of neighbourhood effects often attempt to identify causal effects of neighbourhood characteristics on individual outcomes, such as income, education, employment, and health. However, selection looms large in this line of research and it has been repeatedly argued that estimates of...
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