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The Distributional Impact of Social Transfers in the European Union: Evidence from the ECHP
Heady, Christopher; Mitrakos, Theodore; Tsakloglou, Panos - 2001
Social transfers vary enormously across the EU, as has been demonstrated in earlier research. This paper analyses the comparative effects of cash transfers on inequality and poverty, using consistent household data. The analysis shows that the distributional impact of these transfers is greater...
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A new fiscal pact, tax policy changes and income inequality: Latin America during the last decade
Cornia, Giovanni Andrea; Gómez-Sabaini, Juan Carlos; … - 2011
The paper analyses the changes in tax policy, tax/GDP ratios, tax incidence and income inequality which have taken place in Latin America during the last decade against the background of the changes observed in these variables during the liberal years of the 1980s and 1990s. The paper argues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280161
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The effects of taxes and benefits on income distribution in the enlarged EU
Paulus, Alari; Čok, Mitja; Figari, Francesco; … - 2009
Tax and benefit systems in the enlarged EU vary significantly in size and structure. We examine how taxes and benefits shape income distributions in 19 EU countries, focusing on the differences between Western European countries (EU15) and Eastern European countries (Estonia, Hungary, Poland,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288255
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Wirkungen alternativer Steuerreformmodelle auf die Einkommensverteilung von freien und anderen Berufen
Merz, Joachim; Stolze, Henning; Zwick, Markus - 2006
Auf der Grundlage von Vergleichen zwischen dem früheren Steuersystem mit der Steuerreform von 2000/2005 und konkurrierenden Alternativen werden in dieser Studie Verteilungsund Umverteilungseffekte auf die Gruppe der Selbständigen (Freie Berufe und Unternehmer) und anderen sozioökonomischen...
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The distribution of top incomes in five Anglo-Saxon countries over the twentieth century
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leigh, Andrew - 2010
that have relatively similar backgrounds and tax systems: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270632
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Trade and wages in Australia
Lattimore, Ralph - 2002
trade liberalisation and the factor distribution of income. In Australia real wages in manufacturing have remained about the … same since 1977 while real GDP has doubled. At the same time Australia has reduced import protection. This pattern is … benefit and what are the characteristics of the workers who lose from trade liberalisation in Australia given the structure of …
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Das Grundsicherungsniveau: Ergebnis der Verteilungsentwicklung und normativer Setzungen. Eine empirische Analyse auf Basis der EVS 2003 und 2008
Becker, Irene; Schüssler, Reinhard - 2014
Die Kritik am Verfahren zur Bemessung der Grundsicherungs- bzw. Sozialhilfeleistungen reißt auch nach der Reform von 2011 nicht ab. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird zunächst der Frage nachgegangen, ob der methodische Ansatz (Statistikmodell) und die vom Gesetzgeber gewählten Referenzgruppen unter...
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Dealing with Incomplete Household Panel Data in Inequality Research
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - 2010
Population surveys around the world face the problem of declining cooperation and participation rates of respondents. Not only can item nonresponse and unit nonresponse impair important outcome measures for inequality research such as total household disposable income; there is also a further...
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Medición de los Ingresos y la Pobreza Oficial en América Latina y el Caribe
Beccaria, Luis; Gluzmann, Pablo Alfredo - 2013
El presente documento analiza las encuestas de hogares y las metodologías de las estimaciones oficiales de pobreza de la región; en particular, en primer lugar busca analizar la forma en que se miden los ingresos de las personas y los hogares en las encuestas de hogares de América Latina y el...
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What has been happening to UK income inequality since the mid-1990s? Answers from reconciled and combined household survey and tax return data
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Hérault, Nicolas; Jenkins, … - 2016
Estimates of UK income inequality trends differ substantially according to whether estimates are based on household survey data (used for official statistics) or tax return data (used in the top incomes literature). We reconcile differences in variable definitions and combine survey and tax...
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