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consistent results, in terms of both inequality measures and poverty rates. To the extent that the results differ, we explore the …
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, and on the child poverty rate. A static microsimulation model specifically designed for the purposes of comparative fiscal … them? And third, what impact do measures of public resources for children have on child poverty rates? …
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[Note:] This paper is an adapted version of the substantive part of the Final Report to the European Commission of the project 'Accurate Income Measurement for the Assessment of Public Policies (AIM-AP)', under Priority 7 'Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge-based Society' of Framework...
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This paper evaluates income distributions in four European countries (Austria, Italy, Spain and Hungary) using two complementary approaches: a standard approach based on reported incomes in survey data, and a microsimulation approach, where taxes and benefits are simulated. Given that benefit...
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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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EUROMOD is a 15-country tax-benefit microsimulation model based on national household micro-data. It is designed to estimate the revenue and distributional effects of national or EUwide changes in social and fiscal policy. In order to provide European results, and for results at the national...
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and composition of incomes, and the effect of taxes and benefits on poverty and inequality. …
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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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, and on the child poverty rate. A static microsimulation model specifically designed for the purposes of comparative fiscal … cent of their income from transfers in all countries with child poverty rates lower than 10 pr cent. But the proportion is … much lower, 20 per cent to 30 per cent, in countries with higher child poverty rates. Further, in many high child poverty …
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inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and EU-SILC based …
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