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Is Belgium 'making work pay'?
Orsini, Kristian - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2006
In the period 2001-2004 two major reforms followed in Belgium: a personal income tax reform (2001) and a reform of social security contributions for low skilled employees (2004). Using a discrete hours labor supply model, this paper assesses the impact of these reforms on aggregate labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005200721
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Subsidies on low skilled's social security contributions: the case of Belgium
Dagsvik, John; Orsini, Kristian; Jia, Zhiyang - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2008
Belgium is characterised by a comparatively high tax wedge. Starting from the end of the 90’s there has been a growing concern over the effect of high labour costs on the employment of low skilled workers. One of the most innovative measures implemented by the federal government is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005200728
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Tax-benefits reforms and the labor market: evidence from Belgium and other EU countries
Orsini, Kristian - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2006
During the last decade, several EU countries have tried to tackle unemployment and low activity rates through extensive tax cuts. In an effort to encourage the taking up of work – especially amongst the less productive workers – policymakers have shown increasing interest in targeted tax and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005698101
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Is Belgium "Making Work Pay" ?
Orsini, Kristian - In: Brussels Economic Review 50 (2007) 2, pp. 193-220
In the period 2001-2004 two major reforms followed in Belgium: a personal income tax reform which included a new tax credit on low earnings (2001) and a reform of social security contributions for low wage employees (2004). Using a discrete hours labor supply model, this paper assesses the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868102
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Beans for breakfast? How exportable is the British workfare model?
Orsini, Kristian; Bargain, Olivier - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2006
Social assistance and inactivity traps have long been considered amongst the main causes of the poor employment performance of EU countries. The success of New Labour has triggered a growing interests in instruments capable of combining the promotion of responsibility and self-sufficiency with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269307
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'Making Work Pay' in a Rationed Labour Market: The Mini-Job Reform in Germany
Bargain, Olivier; Caliendo, Marco; Haan, Peter; Orsini, … - 2005
reform using a behavioural tax-benefit microsimulation model. Ex-ante micro policy evaluations based on labour supply models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324231
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Welfare Effects of Alternative Financing of Social Security : Some Calculations for Belgium
Capéau, Bart - 2008
microsimulation models: MODEacute;TEacute; for the tax benefit system, and aster for the indirect tax part. Since the underlying micro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012724409
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'Making Work Pay' in a Rationed Labour Market: The Mini-Job Reform in Germany
Bargain, Olivier; Caliendo, Marco; Haan, Peter; Orsini, … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
reform using a behavioural tax-benefit microsimulation model. Ex-ante micro policy evaluations based on labour supply models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068860
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In-Work Policies in Europe : Killing Two Birds with One Stone?
Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian - 2021
. Relying on EUROMOD, a EU-15 integrated tax-benefit microsimulation software, we simulate two types of in-work benefits. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318810
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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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