We analyze the potential influence of a number of factors on the distribution of equivalized net incomes in Germany … over the period 2005/2006 to 2010/11. While income inequality considerably increased in the years before 2005/2006, this … of inequality in wage incomes after 2005/2006. Our results suggest that, despite further increases in wage inequality …

distribution of income in Germany. We simulate stepwise increases in the value-added tax (VAT) rate, which are compensated by … persists for PIT reductions, while the overall effects on inequality and progressivity become lower when payroll taxes are …

poverty lines as well as techniques for fuel poverty measurement. Based on household data from Germany, figures that would …Fuel poverty may become an increasingly severe problem in developed countries in cases when real prices for fossil … fuels increase at high rates or when real energy prices increase due to policies for greenhouse gas abatement. Fuel poverty …

policies are able to effectively reduce income inequality. We contribute to this research question by using different country …-level data sources to study inequality trends in OECD countries since 1980. We first investigate the development of inequality … over time before analyzing the question of whether governments can effectively reduce inequality. Different identification …

Energy poverty, long considered a problem limited to developing countries only, is now widely acknowledged as a … challenge for advanced OECD countries as well. How energy poverty is perceived depends on the conceptualization and assessment … push into poverty. In Europe, the UK has spearheaded the definition and measurement of such phenomena. The most common way …

on affordability measure has little overlap with the existing literature on poverty measurement. A comprehensive … relative to income or an absolute or relative income poverty line fare well from a dynamic perspective. …

developed. Subsequently, on the basis of LIS data the effectiveness and efficiency in reducing poverty through social assistance …