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This contribution investigates the form and content of a new and updated European Union (EU) legal framework intended to regulate third-country import pipelines for gas, including the ‘upstream' component of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The article will first set the scene and examine the...
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examined countries. While direct taxes and cash benefits are the main drivers of redistribution, in-kind benefits also play a … EU Member States. Our new, broader approach allows for more accurate assessments of redistribution and cross …
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lead to moderate gains in terms of stabilization while redistribution would flow especially towards the Eastern European …
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lead to moderate gains in terms of stabilization while redistribution would flow especially towards the Eastern European …
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The Great Recession and the resulting European debt crisis revived a debate about deeper fiscal integration in the Eurozone. We discuss different alternatives how an unemployment insurance system for the euro area could be designed and run counterfactual simulations based on micro data to...
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This paper analyzes the relationship between economic growth, inequality and redistribution. In a cross-country setting … the short run. To estimate the impact of redistribution to low-income earners, we introduce a new measure, the so …-called net benefit share (NBS). Contrary to other findings, we show that this (targeted) redistribution to lowincome earners (Q1 …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between economic growth, inequality and redistribution. In a cross-country setting … the short run. To estimate the impact of redistribution to low-income earners, we introduce a new measure, the so …-called net benefit share (NBS). Contrary to other findings, we show that this (targeted) redistribution to low income earners (Q1 …
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understanding of redistribution mechanisms within countries and facilitates crosscountry comparisons. As a first step, our analysis …
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This paper evaluates the redistributive effect of a comprehensive set of housing-related policies, taking into account the housing advantage of homeowners and social tenants. We use the Euromod microsimulation model to simulate housing policies in Estonia, Italy and the United Kingdom....
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Poor growth performance over the past decades in Europe has increased concerns for rising income dispersion and social exclusion. European authorities have recently launched the Europe 2020 strategy which aims to improve social inclusion in Europe on top of already existing European regional...
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