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The redistributive effects of tax benefit systems in the enlarged EU
Fuest, Clemens; Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2009
How do different components of the tax and transfer systems affect disposable income inequality? This paper explores … the redistributive effects of different tax benefit instruments in the enlarged EU based on two approaches. Inequality … analysis based on the standard approach suggests that benefits are the most important factor reducing inequality in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269585
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The Redistributive Effects of Tax Benefit Systems in the Enlarged EU
Fuest, Clemens; Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
How do different components of the tax and transfer systems affect disposable income inequality? This paper explores … the redistributive effects of different tax benefit instruments in the enlarged EU based on two approaches. Inequality … analysis based on the standard approach suggests that benefits are the most important factor reducing inequality in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527296
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Is a Flat Tax Feasible in a Grown-up Welfare State?
Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas; Schaefer, Thilo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
income inequality. The increase in income inequality can be avoided by combining a higher tax rate with a higher basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822885
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Is a Flat Tax politically feasible in a grown-up Welfare State?
Schaefer, Thilo; Peichl, Andreas; Fuest, Clemens - 2007
The introduction of a flat tax is supposed to have several advantages. Administration and compliance costs are reduced, as well as incentives for tax evasion. Furthermore, positive employment and growth effects are expected. Despite these advantages, a flat rate tax is not very popular in most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297020
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The Redistributive Effects of Tax Benefit Systemsin the Enlarged EU
Fuest, Clemens; Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009
redistributive effects of different tax benefit instruments inthe enlarged EU based on two approaches. Inequality analysis based on … the standardapproach suggests that benefits are the most important factor reducing inequality in themajority of countries … contribute slightly positive to inequality.On the contrary, here taxes and social contributions are by far the most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360619
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Is a Flat Tax politically feasible in a grown-up Welfare State?
Schaefer, Thilo; Peichl, Andreas; Fuest, Clemens - Finanzwissenschaftlichen Forschungsinstitut, … - 2007
The introduction of a flat tax is supposed to have several advantages. Administration and compliance costs are reduced, as well as incentives for tax evasion. Furthermore, positive employment and growth effects are expected. Despite these advantages, a flat rate tax is not very popular in most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005083043
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Is a Flat Tax Feasible in a Grown-up Welfare State?
Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas; Schaefer, Thilo - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
The success of the flat rate tax in Eastern Europe suggests that this concept could also be amodel for the welfare states of Western Europe. The present paper uses a simulation modelto analyse the effects of revenue neutral flat rate tax reforms on equity and efficiency for thecase of Germany...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861443
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The redistributive effects of tax benefit systems in the enlarged EU
Fuest, Clemens; Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2009
How do different components of the tax and transfer systems affect disposable income inequality? This paper explores … the redistributive effects of different tax benefit instruments in the enlarged EU based on two approaches. Inequality … analysis based on the standard approach suggests that benefits are the most important factor reducing inequality in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003906234
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Is a Flat Tax Politically Feasible in a Grown-Up Welfare State?
Fuest, Clemens - 2007
The introduction of a flat tax is supposed to have several advantages. Administration and compliance costs are reduced, as well as incentives for tax evasion. Furthermore, positive employment and growth effects are expected. Despite these advantages, a flat rate tax is not very popular in most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012729876
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The Redistributive Effects of Tax Benefit Systems in the Enlarged EU
Fuest, Clemens - 2009
How do different components of the tax and transfer systems affect disposable income inequality? This paper explores … the redistributive effects of different tax benefit instruments in the enlarged EU based on two approaches. Inequality … analysis based on the standard approach suggests that benefits are the most important factor reducing inequality in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154996