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Analysing the effects of tax-benefit reforms on income distribution : a decomposition approach
Bargain, Olivier (contributor); Callan, Tim (contributor) - 2007
-tax income (distribution, composition, demographic structure, etc.). We conduct this exercise for a battery of poverty and … ; poverty ; decomposition ; microsimulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003482010
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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, … - 2014
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010242805
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The distributional implications of a carbon tax in Ireland
Callan, Tim; Lyons, Sean; Scott, Susan; Tol, Richard S. J. - 2008
We study the effects of carbon tax and revenue recycling across the income distribution in the Republic of Ireland. In absolute terms, a carbon tax of €20/tCO2 would cost the poorest households less than €3/week and the richest households more than €4/week. A carbon tax is regressive,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003746700