This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … relationship between the concentration of cash transfers net of direct taxes and their effectiveness in terms of reducing poverty … and inequality. The strength of the relationship varies between countries and in some cases between the all age and the …

aim of the present paper is twofold: Firstly, we detail the tax mix of four member states of the European Union (Germany … Union ; tax mix of Germany ; the Netherlands ; Spain and United Kingdom …

aim of the present paper is twofold: Firstly, we detail the tax mix of four member states of the European Union (Germany …

of poverty in Quebec and in Canada. This contribution is decomposed into a product of the effects of total size and … the components of income are ranked can influence considerably the share of total poverty alleviation allocated to each … component. A sharing rule is thus used to allocate to each income component a part of total poverty alleviation that is …

. Conducting our survey in six countries, Germany, France, Cyprus, China, India and Botswana, we provide evidence that fixed costs … relationship to identify subsistence needs of different family types and to calculate income inequality. -- equivalence scales …

. Conducting a pilot version of our survey in six countries, Germany, France, Cyprus, China, India and Botswana, we provide …

socio-economic status in different inequality and segregation contexts in four European countries: Sweden, the Netherlands …

a variety of institutional pensions schemes. The study contrasts pension system regulation in Denmark, Finland, Germany …

-balancing social protection spending without necessarily compromising distributional objectives. -- inequality ; poverty ; social …

This paper analyzes economic assortative mating and its contribution to inequality in France. We first provide … inequality between couples. Contrary to previous estimates, we account for possible biases in the estimation of assortative … assortative mating to inequality in couple's potential earnings. Our results indicate a strong degree of assortative mating in …