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Taxing Home Ownership: Distributional Effects of Including Net Imputed Rent in Taxable Income

Figari, Francesco; Paulus, Alari; Sutherland, Holly; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Imputed rental income of homeowners is tax exempt in most countries, despite the long-standing arguments recommending its inclusion in the tax base, on both equity and efficiency grounds. The current fiscal crisis revived interest towards this form of taxation. The paper investigates the fiscal...

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Social Security in Belgium: Distributive Outcomes

Jousten, Alain; Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Perelman, Sergio; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

The paper analyzes the link between old-age income programs and economic outcomes in Belgium. We use a simulation methodology to construct an average pension generosity variable. Our regression analysis explores the link with distributional outcomes in income, consumption and more subjective...

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Data for Studying Earnings, the Distribution of Household Income and Poverty in China

Gustafsson, Björn Anders; Li, Shi; Sato, Hiroshi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper discusses data used in publishing statistics on earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty …. This has had consequences for providing official data on wages, income and poverty which we discuss along with other … earnings, household income and poverty, and we present seven of these in the paper. …

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The Covariance Structure of East and West German Incomes and its Implications for the Persistence of Poverty and Inequality

Biewen, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

persistence of transitory shocks and their implications for the persistence of poverty and income inequality. The results suggest … poor individuals stayed in poverty for two years on average. In East Germany, the contribution of the permanent component … to overall income inequality increased from 20 percent in 1990 to over 70 percent in 1998 and the persistence of poverty …

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New Directions in the Analysis of Inequality and Poverty

Jenkins, Stephen P.; Micklewright, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Over the last four decades, academic and wider public interest in inequality and poverty has grown substantially. In … this paper we address the question: what have been the major new directions in the analysis of inequality and poverty over … inequality and poverty, changes in the policy environment, increased scrutiny of the concepts of ‘poverty’ and inequality’ and …

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Changes in Income Distributions and the Role of Tax-Benefit Policy During the Great Recession: An International Perspective

Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Keane, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely … 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes in inequality and poverty rates over this time … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …

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The Income Distribution in the UK: A Picture of Advantage and Disadvantage

Jenkins, Stephen P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

is evidence about real income levels and inequality, and the prevalence of affluence and of poverty. …

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Analysing the Effects of Tax-Benefit Reforms on Income Distribution: A Decomposition Approach

Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the …

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Poverty, Inequality, and Growth in Urban China, 1986-2000

Meng, Xin; Gregory, Robert; Wang, Youjuan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

increased urban poverty. Using a large repeated cross-section household survey data from 1986 to 2000, this study maps out the … change in income, inequality, and poverty over the 15 year period and investigates the determinants of poverty. It is found … that the increase in the poverty rate in the 1990s is associated with the increase in the relative food price, and the need …

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Impact of Income Growth and Economic Reform on Nutrition Intake in Urban China: 1986-2000

Meng, Xin; Gong, Xiaodong; Wang, Youjuan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Although urban China has experienced a rapid income growth over the last twenty years, nutrition intake for the low income group declined in the 1990s. Does this imply a zero or negative income elasticity for the low income group? This paper examines this issue using large representative sample...

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