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The impact of means tested assistance in Southern Europe
O'Donoghue, Cathal; Albuquerque, Jose; Baldini, Massimo; … - 2002
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
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Redistributive effect and the progressivity of taxes and benefits: evidence for the UK, 1977-2018
Hérault, Nicolas; Jenkins, Stephen - 2021
We apply the Kakwani approach to decomposing redistributive effect into average rate, progressivity, and reranking components using yearly UK data covering 1977-2018. We examine cash and in-kind benefits, and direct and indirect taxes. In addition, we highlight an empirical implementation issue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012697297
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Changes in income distributions and the role of tax-benefit policy during the great recession : an international perspective
Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Keane, … - 2014
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
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Changes in income distribution and the role of tax-benefit policy during the great recession : an international perspective
Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Keane, … - 2013
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/10010212556
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Changes in income distributions and the role of tax-benefit policy during the Great Recession : an international perspective
Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Keane, … - 2013
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/10010212995
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How tight are safety-nets in Nordic countries? : evidence from Finnish register data
Bargain, Olivier; Immervoll, Herwig; Viitamäki, Heikki - 2007
The non take-up of social assistance bene?ts due to claim costs may seriously limit the anti-poverty eÞect of these programs. Yet, available evidence is fragmented and mostly relies on interview-based data, potentially biased by misreporting and measurement errors on both bene?t entitlement and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003869844
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No claim, no pain : measuring the non-take-up of social assistance using register data
Bargain, Olivier; Immervoll, Herwig; Viitamäki, Heikki - 2010
The main objectives of social assistance benefits, including poverty alleviation and labor-market or social reintegration, can be seriously compromised if support is difficult to access. While recent studies point to high non-take-up rates, existing evidence does not make full use of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312930
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No claim, no pain : measuring the non-take-up of social assistance using register data
Bargain, Olivier; Immervoll, Herwig; Viitamäki, Heikki - 2009
The main objectives of social assistance benefits, including poverty alleviation and labor-market or social reintegration, can be seriously compromised if support is difficult to access. While recent studies point to high non-take-up rates, existing evidence does not make full use of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009725469
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How tight are safety-nets in Nordic Countries? : evidence from Finnish register data
Bargain, Olivier (contributor);  … - 2007
The non take-up of social assistance benefits due to claim costs may seriously limit the anti-poverty effect of these programs. Yet, available evidence is fragmented and mostly relies on interview-based data, potentially biased by misreporting and measurement errors on both benefit entitlement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003616629
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Redistribution, horizontal inequity, and reranking: direct taxation in the UK, 1977-2020
Hérault, Nicolas; Jenkins, Stephen - 2023
We decompose the redistributive effect of direct taxes into vertical, horizontal, and reranking components applying the methods of Urban and Lambert (Public Finance Review, 2008). In the first such application to the UK, and using yearly data covering 1977-2020, we find that redistributive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014423792