Using counterfactual microsimulations, Shapley decompositions of time change in inequality and poverty indices make it … distributional evaluation of policy reforms. An application to the UK (1998-2001) confirms previous findings that inequality and … depth of poverty would have increased under the first New Labour government, had important reforms like the extensions of …

counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the … (benefit amounts, tax bands, etc.), and all other changes in the underlying population (market income inequality, demographic …-benefit changes on inequality when evaluated against a distributionally-neutral benchmark, i.e., a situation where tax …

This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely … 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes in inequality and poverty rates over this time … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …

This paper explains how to build Lorenz Curves for income distributions and discusses their use for inequality … and draw Lorenz Curves. A discussion on the use of Lorenz Curves to represent inequality is also provided. It highlights …

effective in alleviating poverty and inequality than changes to the structure of policies. In fact, most of the structural … changes that governments introduced, especially in the 2007-11 crisis-onset period, had poverty and inequality …This paper examines the extent to which tax and benefit policy changes introduced in the period 2001-11 had a poverty …

of alternative tax reform scenarios. The analysis is based on the tax and benefit micro-simulation model for Serbia … increase the basic allowance would somewhat reduce inequality and improve vertical inequity in taxation. On the other hand, in … effects (in either cases) on poverty reduction will be achieved. …

. Disentangling the contribution to inequality and poverty of each housing-related policy, we find that the current design of property … inequality and relative poverty in Italy. Only in the UK are housing policies more important than imputed rent in reducing … inequality and poverty. In all three countries, housing-related policies favor the elderly. Although the United Kingdom has the …

policies in Estonia, Italy and the United Kingdom. Disentangling the contribution to inequality and poverty of each housing … impact on inequality in Estonia and on both inequality and relative poverty in Italy. In all three countries, housing … the housing advantage of homeowners and social tenants. We use the Euromod microsimulation model to simulate housing …