This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … reduction in four EU countries - the UK, Italy, Sweden and France. We use long time series (spanning four decades) to examine … relationship between the concentration of cash transfers net of direct taxes and their effectiveness in terms of reducing poverty …

that balances goals of reducing poverty, encouraging employment and fiscal sustainability. Using the OECD’s Tax-Benefit and …-wage earners would make inroads into poverty and inequality while encouraging formal work. This paper accompanies and extends the …

results are interpreted in terms of poverty and inequality statistics while closely looking into the assumptions of the … microsimulation models. In the first scenario a modest level of guaranteed minimum income is feasible, decreasing both poverty and … unrealistically high tax rates, especially for Italy. The impact on poverty and inequality of the HNIT scheme is markedly higher for …

undoubtedly represents a turning point for the country's policy against poverty. In order to provide an evaluation of its … problems such as poverty and unemployment and will therefore be a fundamental element supporting this paper's conclusions. The … findings and the study of the connecting link between poverty and unemployment, a relationship that, as it will be argued, the …