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Approximations to the truth : comparing survey and microsimulation approaches to measuring income for social indicators
Figari, Francesco; Iacovou, Maria; Skew, Alexandra; … - 2010
future research, where each approach may inform improvements in the other. -- income ; microsimulation ; poverty ; inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003989859
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An age perspective on economic well-being and social protection in nine OECD countries
Dang, Thai Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2006
-balancing social protection spending without necessarily compromising distributional objectives. -- inequality ; poverty ; social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003335455
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An Age Perspective on Economic Well-Being and Social Protection in Nine OECD Countries
Dang, Thai-Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2021
This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317552
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An Age Perspective on Economic Well-Being and Social Protection in Nine OECD Countries
Dang, Thai-Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2006
groups is also necessary for understanding and interpreting international comparisons of overall inequality. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444209
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Older or wealthier? : the impact of age adjustments on the wealth inequality ranking of countries
Almås, Ingvild; Mogstady, Magne - 2009
Differences in individual wealth holdings are widely viewed as a driving force of economic inequality. However, as this … in cross-sections, which eliminates transitory wealth inequality due to age, yet preserves inequality arising from other … yield erroneous wealth inequality rankings of countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635021
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Older or Wealthier? The Impact of Age Adjustments on the Wealth Inequality Ranking of Countries
Almås, Ingvild - 2009
Differences in individual wealth holdings are widely viewed as a driving force of economic inequality. However, as this … in cross-sections, which eliminates transitory wealth inequality due to age, yet preserves inequality arising from other … yield erroneous wealth inequality rankings of countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159881
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The distributional effects of austerity measures : a comparison of six EU countries
Callan, Tim; Leventi, Chrysa; Levy, Horacio; … - 2011
We compare the distributional effects of austerity measures that have been introduced in 6 EU countries in the period of large government budget deficits following the 2007-8 financial crisis and subsequent economic downturn. We explore the effects of policy changes presented as "austerity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009427353
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What makes you "super-rich"? : new evidence from an analysis of football players' earnings
Carrieri, Vincenzo; Principe, Francesco; Raitano, Michele - 2017
. Der Faktor Popularität wirkt sich am stärksten auf das rechte Ende der Einkommensverteilung aus, die Macht des …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011619358
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Those who were better off : capital and top incomes in Fascist Italy
Gabbuti, Giacomo - 2022 - This draft: October 15th, 2022
In the centennial of the March on Rome, this paper contributes to the political economy of Italian Fascism by addressing in quantitative terms the fortunes of Italian economic elites during the interwar period. Macro-economic indicators indicate capital accumulation and high profits, in a period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013402068
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The effects of a hybrid negative income tax on poverty and inequality : a microsimulation on the UK and Italy
Tromp, Alexander - 2017
results are interpreted in terms of poverty and inequality statistics while closely looking into the assumptions of the … inequality decidedly compared to current levels. This effect is even stronger in the second scenario, however, it results in … unrealistically high tax rates, especially for Italy. The impact on poverty and inequality of the HNIT scheme is markedly higher for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011751668