When comparing tax benefit systems across Europe, Germany is usually regarded as a country with a high level of taxes … the ongoing policy debate in Germany. In this paper, we compare the progressivity and redistribution induced by the tax … tax benefit systems in a common framework. We compute several measures of progressivity and redistribution for the whole …

margins for 17 EU countries and the US. Using the same data, inequality aversion is measured as the degree of redistribution …We analyze to which extent social inequality aversion differs across nations when control- ling for actual country … supply elasticities across countries. However, this changes the cross-country ranking in inequality aversion compared to …

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social protection systems in Europe and the US to provide (income) insurance … income shock and 47% of an idiosyncratic unemployment shock in Europe, compared to 32% and 34% in the US. There is large … heterogeneity within Europe with stabilization being much lower in Eastern and Southern than in Central and Northern Europe. Our …

stabilizers in Eastern and Southern Europe are much lower than in Central and Northern European countries. We also investigate …

Europe. -- household labor supply ; elasticity ; taxation ; Europe ; US …

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Europe. -- household labor supply ; elasticity ; taxation ; Europe ; US …