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

Using counterfactual microsimulations, Shapley decompositions of time change in inequality and poverty indices make it … depth of poverty would have increased under the first New Labour government, had important reforms like the extensions of … income support and tax credits not been implemented. These reforms have also contributed to substantially reduce poverty …

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

Using counterfactual microsimulations, Shapley decompositions of time change in inequality and poverty indices make it … depth of poverty would have increased under the first New Labour government, had important reforms like the extensions of … income support and tax credits not been implemented. These reforms have also contributed to substantially reduce poverty …

-tax income (distribution, composition, demographic structure, etc.). We conduct this exercise for a battery of poverty and …

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

The paper investigates the impact of remittances on the relative concerns of households in rural China. Using the Rural … relative concerns with respect to income and remittances. Our results show that although rural households experience … substantial utility loss due to income comparisons, they gain utility by comparing their remittances with those received by their …

In-work transfers are often seen as a good trade-off between redistribution and efficiency, as they alleviate poverty … poverty effects of alternative policies are analyzed thanks to counterfactual simulations built using a micro-simulation model …

Poverty measures in developing countries often ignore the distribution of resources within families and the gains from … household resources, though not enough to avoid a very large extent of child poverty compared to what is found in traditional … measures of poverty show that parents are highly compensated by the scale economies due to joint consumption. …

strong decline in child poverty and poverty amongst single parent households. In the latter group, a third of the headcount … poverty reduction (and half of the reduction in the depth of poverty) is on account of the very large incentive effect of …