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Cross-National Microsimulation Modelling : Reforming Social Assistance in Three European Countries

O'Donoghue, Cathal; Evans, Martin - 2014

This paper examines the use of national microsimulation models in a cross-country context and highlights some of the …-benefit microsimulation models were used. The analysis highlighted both the different structure of the policy instruments used across the …

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Weathering the storms? : minimum-income benefits as a crisis response

Immervoll, Herwig; Pasteiner, Felizia - 2025

Economic crises produce rapid and sizable shifts in the demand for social support. Means-tested cash transfers, such as "social assistance" programmes and related minimum-income benefits (MIB) typically function as benefits of last-resort, filling some of the support gaps left by other...

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THE IMPACT OF TAX-BENEFIT SYSTEMS ON LOWINCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN THE BENELUX COUNTRIES. A SIMULATION APPROACH USING SYNTHETIC DATASETS.

Berger, Frédéric; Borsenberger, Monique; Immervoll, Herwig - EconWPA - 2003

Computing the tax-benefit position of similar "typical" households across countries is a method widely used in comparative fiscal- and social policy research. These calculations provide convenient summary pictures of certain aspects of tax-benefit systems. They can, however, be seriously...

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Mechanics of replacing benefit systems with a basic income : comparative results from a microsimulation approach

Browne, James; Immervoll, Herwig - 2018

the resulting fiscal and distributional effects in a comparative context, undertake a microsimulation study to quantify …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011864921

Mechanics of replacing benefit systems with a basic income : comparative results from a microsimulation approach

Browne, James; Immervoll, Herwig - 2017

the resulting fiscal and distributional effects in a comparative context, undertake a microsimulation study to quantify …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772173

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...

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Mechanics of Replacing Benefit Systems with a Basic Income : Comparative Results from a Microsimulation Approach

Martin, James - 2017

the resulting fiscal and distributional effects in a comparative context, undertake a microsimulation study to quantify …

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Tax-benefit microsimulation model in developing countries : a feasibility study for an extension of SOUTHMOD in Indonesia

Muttaqien, Arip; Sologon, Denisa; O'Donoghue, Cathal - 2018

This study aims to expand the use of tax-benefit microsimulation tools in Indonesia. In particular, it reviews the … feasibility of expanding SOUTHMOD, a tax-benefit microsimulation model being applied in developing countries that was developed … based on the European Union tax-benefit microsimulation tool (EUROMOD) framework. First, the study reviews the tax and …

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Modelling the distributional effects of the cost-of-living crisis in Turkey and the South Caucasus : a microsimulation analysis

Can, Zeynep Gizem; O'Donoghue, Cathal; Sologon, Denisa M.; … - 2023

This study addresses the different distributional and welfare implications of price volatility amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, focusing on both Turkey and the South Caucasus region, which have different welfare regimes and patterns of price changes. This paper explores the impact of...

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Understanding distributional impacts of carbon pricing : insights from comparative analysis

Immervoll, Herwig; Linden, Jules; O'Donoghue, Cathal; … - 2025

Carbon pricing is becoming increasingly common but raises equity concerns and is frequently perceived as putting higher burdens on the poor than the rich. This chapter discusses the reasons for unequal carbon price burdens across countries and population groups, through the lens of a comparative...

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