In this paper, we evaluate income distributions in four European countries (Austria, Italy, Spain and Hungary) using … consistent results, in terms of both inequality measures and poverty rates. To the extent that the results differ, we explore the …

and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and EU-SILC based indicators …

inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and EU-SILC based …

indicators for income inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and …

The at-risk-of-poverty rate is one of the three indicators used for monitoring progress towards the Europe 2020 poverty … policies. However, due to complicated nature of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) poverty …") the current at-risk-of-poverty rate for the European Union (EU) countries based on EU-SILC microdata from a previous …

The at-risk-of-poverty rate (AROP) is one of the three indicators used for monitoring progress towards the Europe 2020 … poverty and social exclusion reduction target. Timeliness of this indicator is crucial for monitoring of the social situation …, estimates of the number of people at risk of poverty are published with a significant delay. This paper extends and updates …

Very low work intensity and at-risk-of-poverty are two of the three indicators used for monitoring progress towards the … Europe 2020 poverty and social exclusion reduction target. Their timeliness is critical for tracing the effectiveness of … method of estimating ('nowcasting') very low work intensity and poverty risk using the tax-benefit microsimulation model …

We provide evidence of the relative cost-effectiveness of different types of policy instrument in reducing poverty or … find that the assessment of the most cost effective instrument may depend on the measure of poverty used and the direction … and scale of the change. Nevertheless, our results indicate that the options that reduce poverty most cost-effectively in …

The at-risk-of-poverty rate is one of the three indicators used for monitoring progress towards the Europe 2020 poverty …, estimates of the number of people at risk of poverty are published with a significant delay. This paper extends and updates … previous work on estimating ('nowcasting') indicators of poverty risk using the tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD. The …