counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the … (benefit amounts, tax bands, etc.), and all other changes in the underlying population (market income inequality, demographic … composition, employment level, etc.). Then, the decomposition helps to extract an absolute measure of the impact of tax …

in income distribution. In order to do so, we are using a decomposition of changes in inequality measures over time …In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly … increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies …

are analogous to the widely-used decompositions of inequality indices by population subgroup, except that they summarize … are not dependent on the choice of a specific summary index. Nonetheless, since inequality and poverty indices can be …

This paper is a review of recent developments of parametric and non-parametric approaches to decompose inequality by … of income accounting for transitory and permanent changes in individual and household earnings conditional of various … covariates are also reviewed. Statistical inferences for inequality measurement including delta and bootstrapping and other …

This paper focuses on the importance data issues to the analysis of growth, poverty and economic inequality. We … inequality. A discussion of data quality, data consistency, variable definitions and measurement, changing population and … household size leading to various necessary scale and price adjustment procedures will follow. The sampling design and various …

-occupied housing) have become increasingly important sources of economic inequality in Germany over the last two decades. Whereas the … alternative private investments, our results indicate that they do not coincide in their impacts on income inequality and poverty … inequality and relative poverty, very much driven by the increasing share of outright ownership among the elderly. On the other …

OBC have lower living standards, as measured by per capita household consumption expenditures, relative to the mainstream …

How do different components of the tax and transfer systems affect disposable income inequality? This paper explores … the redistributive effects of different tax benefit instruments in the enlarged EU based on two approaches. Inequality … analysis based on the standard approach suggests that benefits are the most important factor reducing inequality in the …

Using counterfactual microsimulations, Shapley decompositions of time change in inequality and poverty indices make it … distributional evaluation of policy reforms. An application to the UK (1998-2001) confirms previous findings that inequality and …