This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … relationship between the concentration of cash transfers net of direct taxes and their effectiveness in terms of reducing poverty … and inequality. The strength of the relationship varies between countries and in some cases between the all age and the …

different regulatory approaches may, in the end, have quite diverse implications on income inequality among the elderly. A … affected the income position of high-income pensioners. However, also the structure of public pension benefits had a poverty …

, pensioners are compared on their poverty rates and inequality. The redistribution paradox states that poverty will be the highest … inequality in income is higher for men than for women both in Belgium and in the Netherlands. In order to minimize poverty and …) poverty rates are much higher than in the Netherlands (universal minimum pension). Poverty rates are higher for elderly women …

-government poverty rates climb by three to four percentage points once we account for households' medical expenses. We find that …

project that would overcome the rural-urban dichotomy. Their socioeconomic conditions showed improvement in poverty indicators …

Family 500 +) on inequality and poverty. The analysis is based on micro-level household data from the Luxembourg Income Study … (LIS) and Statistics Poland. We examine the changes in various indicators of inequality and poverty (Gini index, subjective … and relative poverty rates) and their decomposition. We find evidence that the program substantially reduces inequality …

2000s. Since the recession, there was a rise in inequality and poverty levels and aggregate welfare decreased. While … transfers and unemployment compensation failed to address rising inequality and poverty in any significant way. At the same time …-off. Finally, we show that in the past few years poverty rates were much more sensitive to changes in inequality than in average …

trade-offs of benefit designs, estimating costs and impacts on poverty and inequality and assessing operational and … the models that are strongly progressive (the targeted and the hybrid models) are more efficient to reduce poverty and … inequality than universal transfers. The hybrid model presents results close to those estimated for the targeted model and has …