This paper investigates to what extent the tax and transfer systems in Europe protect households at different income … country micro simulation model to analyse how shocks on market income and employment are mitigated by taxes and transfers. We … find that the aggregate redistributive effect of the tax and transfer systems increases in response to the shocks. But the …

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the tax and transfer systems in the European Union and the US to act as an …

study the economic effects of introducing two elements of a fiscal union: Firstly, an EU-wide tax and transfer system and … secondly, an EU-wide system of fiscal equalisation. Using the European tax-benefit calculator EUROMOD, we exploit … tax and transfer systems by a European system would lead to significant redistributive effects both within and across …

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the tax and transfer systems in the European Union and the US to act as an …

study the economic effects of introducing two elements of a fiscal union: Firstly, an EU-wide tax and transfer system and … secondly, an EU-wide system of fiscal equalisation. Using the European tax-benefit calculator EUROMOD, we exploit … tax and transfer systems by a European system would lead to significant redistributive effects both within and across …

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the tax and transfer systems in the European Union and the US to act as an …