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A European equivalence scale for public in-kind transfers
Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Lindgren, Petter Y. - 2022
This paper introduces a theory-based equivalence scale for public in-kind transfers, which justifies comparison of …, education and childcare expenditure on estimates of income inequality and poverty for 24 European countries. The empirical … results show significant effects of public in-kind transfers on the level of income inequality and poverty for all countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013193777
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A European equivalence scale for public in-kind transfers
Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Lindgren, Petter Y. - In: Journal of economic inequality 22 (2024) 1, pp. 1-32
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015084574
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Reporting on income distribution and poverty : perspectives from a German and a European point of view ; with 19 tables
Hauser, Richard (ed.); Becker, Irene (contributor) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001693730
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Income thresholds and income classes
D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Mulière, Pietro; Secchi, Piercesare - 2003
This paper proposes a method for detecting income classes based on the change-point problem. There is an increasing demand for such a method in the literature. Computation of polarization indices requires a pre-grouping of the incomes. Similarly, indices of social exclusion and sometimes indices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437377
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Equivalence scales reconsidered : an empirical investigation
Bönke, Timm (contributor); Schröder, Carsten (contributor) - 2007
Income-expenditure surveys typically provide incomes on the household level. As households can differ in size and needs, a reliable assessment of inequality in living standards, therefore, necessitates the conversion of the original heterogeneous into an artificial quasi-homogeneous population....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003609017
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Equivalence scales reconsidered an empirical investigation
Bönke, Timm (contributor); Schröder, Carsten (contributor) - 2007
Income-expenditure surveys typically provide incomes on the household level. As households can differ in size and needs, a reliable assessment of inequality in living standards, therefore, necessitates the conversion of the original heterogeneous into an artificial quasi-homogeneous population....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003655003
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Inequality measurement and tax/transfer policy
Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2020
We provide a critique of the standard methodology which bases welfare comparisons between households on deflating household income and consumption by an equivalence scale. We argue that this leads to support for tax/transfer policies that significantly disadvantage low to middle in-come...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012231585
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Inequality measurement and tax/transfer policy
Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2020
We provide a critique of the standard methodology which bases welfare comparisons between households on deflating household income and consumption by an equivalence scale. We argue that this leads to support for tax/transfer policies that significantly disadvantage low to middle income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012232795
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Not all inequality measures were created equal : the measurement of wealth inequality, its decompositions, and an application to European household wealth
Costa, Rita Neves; Pérez-Duarte, Sébastien - 2019
, grounding their use in socio-economic theory and highlighting the connections between them. In particular, we investigate how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137161
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Income inequality : theory of measurement and empirical evidence in Europe
Unkel, Steffen - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013436580