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Beans for breakfast? How exportable is the British workfare model?
Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian - 2006
Social assistance and inactivity traps have long been considered as one of the main causes of the poor employment performance of EU countries. The success of New Labour in the UK has triggered a growing interests in instruments capable of combining the promotion of responsibility and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291268
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As SIMPL As That: Introducing a Tax-BenefitMicrosimulation Model for Poland
Bargain, Olivier; Morawski, Leszek; Myck, Michal; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
The Polish tax and benefit system is presented in the context of a recently developedmicrosimulation model, SIMPL. The model allows simulating direct taxes, social contributionsand public benefits in Poland for the years 2003 and 2005...>br>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862313
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As SIMPL As That : Introducing a Tax-Benefit Microsimulation Model for Poland
Bargain, Olivier; Morawski, Leszek; Myck, Michal; … - 2021
The Polish tax and benefit system is presented in the context of a recently developed microsimulation model, SIMPL. The model allows simulating direct taxes, social contributions and public benefits in Poland for the years 2003 and 2005. It is based on the Household Budgets Survey data (Badania...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316856
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As SIMPL As That: Introducing a Tax-Benefit Microsimulation Model for Poland
Bargain, Olivier; Socha, Mieczysław Wacław; Morawski, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The Polish tax and benefit system is presented in the context of a recently developed microsimulation model, SIMPL. The model allows simulating direct taxes, social contributions and public benefits in Poland for the years 2003 and 2005. It is based on the Household Budgets Survey data (Badania...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763653
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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 … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …
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 … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010212995
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Learning from the "best" : the impact of tax-benefit systems in Africa
Bargain, Olivier; Jara, H. Xavier; Kwenda-Magejo, Prudence - 2019
, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and South Africa. These countries show contrasted situations in terms of income distribution. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011966797
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Learning from the "best" : the impact of tax-benefit systems in Africa
Bargain, Olivier; Jara, H. Xavier; Kwenda-Magejo, Prudence - 2018
, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ethiopia and South Africa. These countries show contrasted situations in terms of income distribution. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955580
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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 … discuss the poverty implications of our results. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292904
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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 … discuss the poverty implications of our results. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278674