The study examines the income redistribution effects of the Hungarian flat-tax and the introduction of the novel family … studies based on aggregated or survey data. Between 2011 and 2013, progressive taxation was abolished, and a flat income tax … favoured high-income earners and taxpayers with children, while the main losers are low-income and/or childless workers. While …

The study examines the income redistribution effects of the Hungarian flat-tax and the introduction of the novel family … studies based on aggregated or survey data. Between 2011 and 2013, progressive taxation was abolished, and a flat income tax … favoured high-income earners and taxpayers with children, while the main losers are low-income and/or childless workers. While …

support go to persons at the bottom of income ladder, although those in deep poverty are benefiting less. The income-redistribution …Using the 2004 income survey of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office we consider the targeting of two types of … evidence suggests that unemployment-related benefits are relatively well-targeted in the sense that most of this kind of income …

The introduction of the paper discusses the different opinions about income inequalities and income distribution …. Further the author presents the most important alternative methods for measuring income inequalities. Contrary to the … traditional income distribution analysis the underlying data base for the study is incomes of the population reported to tax …