1998-2001 period have offset the increase in inequality that would have occurred otherwise. They also contribute to a …

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 …

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 …

We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method allowing us to … inequality by increasing the income share of the top 20% in contrast to the middle class' share. The tax policy effect accounts … for up to 29% of the total change in inequality; its contribution increases up to 41% if we take into account behavioral …

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 …

learn from each other to improve social protection and reduce inequality. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

1998-2001 period have offset the increase in inequality that would have occurred otherwise. They also contribute to a …