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This paper aims to analyse the social assistance systems in five South European countries: France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain. After reviewing the existing system of social assistance in each country, we apply a consistent methodology in order to estimate its impact on income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331357
This paper aims to analyse the social assistance systems in five South European countries: France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain. After reviewing the existing system of social assistance in each country, we apply a consistent methodology in order to estimate its impact on income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238712
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 … composition, employment level, etc.). Then, the decomposition helps to extract an absolute measure of the impact of tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268220
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 … composition, employment level, etc.). Then, the decomposition helps to extract an absolute measure of the impact of tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272356
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 … effects by producing counterfactual (no reform) scenarios using tax-benefit microsimulation and representative household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329161
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 … effects by producing counterfactual (no reform) scenarios using tax-benefit microsimulation and representative household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331180
inequality measures and check the sensitivity of the results to the decomposition order. …To assess the impact of tax-benefit policy changes on income distribution over time, we suggest a decomposition … inequality, which combines changes in policy structure (rules, rates, etc.) and changes in monetary parameters (benefit amounts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290562
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 … composition, employment level, etc.). Then, the decomposition helps to extract an absolute measure of the impact of tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291237
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 … effects by producing counterfactual ("no reform") scenarios using tax-benefit microsimulation and representative household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010392497
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 … effects by producing counterfactual ("no reform") scenarios using tax-benefit microsimulation and representative household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010242805