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Household incomes and redistribution in the European Union: Quantifying the equalising properties of taxes and benefits

Immervoll, Herwig; Levy, Horacio; Lietz, Christine; … - 2006

The systems of direct taxes and cash benefits in the Member States of the European Union vary considerably in size and structure. We explore their direct impacts on cross-sectional income inequality (termed redistributive effect for the purpose of this paper) using EUROMOD, a tax-benefit...

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Household incomes and redistribution in the European Union: quantifying the equalising properties of taxes and benefits

Immervoll, Herwig - 2005

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Redistribution policy and inequality reduction in OECD countries: What has changed in two decades?

Immervoll, Herwig; Richardson, Linda - 2011

We use a range of data sources to assess if, and to what extent, government redistribution policies have slowed or accelerated the trend towards greater income disparities in the past 20-25 years. In most countries, inequality among non-elderly households has widened during most phases of the...

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Child poverty and child benefits in the European Union

Immervoll, Herwig; Sutherland, Holly; de Vos, Klaas - 2000

household incomes and in the prevention of child poverty across Europe. In one group of countries family benefits appear to have … a significant effect on the protection of children from financial poverty. The UK and the Netherlands are both members … explain the very different level of child poverty in the two countries. We also explore the effect of “swapping” child benefit …

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No claim, no pain: Measuring the non-take-up of social assistance using register data

Bargain, Olivier; Immervoll, Herwig; Viitamäki, Heikki - 2009

The main objectives of social assistance benefits, including poverty alleviation and labor-market or social … discuss the poverty implications of our results. …

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An age perspective on economic well-being and social protection in nine OECD countries

Dang, Thai-Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2006

This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....

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Minimum-income benefits in OECD countries: policy design, effectiveness and challenges

Immervoll, Herwig - 2009

Almost all OECD countries operate comprehensive minimum-income programmes for working-age individuals, either as last-resort safety nets alongside primary income replacement benefits, or as the principal instrument for delivering social protection. Such safety-net benefits aim primarily at...

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The impact of Brazil's tax-benefit system on inequality and poverty

Immervoll, Herwig; Levy, Horacio; Nogueira, José Ricardo; … - 2006

successful in alleviating inequality and poverty. Focussing on taxes and cash transfers, this paper investigates the impact of … inequality and poverty. We present BRAHMS, a new tax-benefit microsimulation model for Brazil and illustrate its use by …

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No claim, no pain: Measuring the non-take-up of social assistance using register data

Bargain, Olivier; Immervoll, Herwig; Viitamäki, Heikki - 2010

The main objectives of social assistance benefits, including poverty alleviation and labor-market or social … discuss the poverty implications of our results. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278674

How Reliable Are Social Safety Nets? Value and Accessibility in Situations of Acute Economic Need

Immervoll, Herwig; Hyee, Raphaela; Fernandez, Rodrigo; … - 2022

Social protection systems use a range of entitlement criteria. First-tier support typically requires contributions or past employment in many countries, while safety net benefits are granted on the basis of need. In a context of volatile and uncertain labour markets, careful and continuous...

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