This paper analyses the effectiveness of tax-benefit systems in reducing poverty and inequality across 13 countries in … to poverty and inequality. Additionally, we assess gender disparities in outcomes, quantify the distributional effects of … the Global South. Using national survey data and tax-benefit microsimulation models from the SOUTHMOD project, we provide …

distribution of income. In order to decompose the impact of changes in different income components, we utilised a microsimulation … confidence in our methodology. We utilised the framework to model changes in the level of income inequality from the period just …, we found that income inequality fell in the early part of the crisis modelled in this paper. Much of this change was due …

Empirical studies on minimum wages are primarily concerned with employment while their effects on income inequality … receive less attention. Yet, a popular argument for a federal minimum wage in Germany is that it will prevent in-work poverty … and reduce income inequality. We examine this assertion for different minimum wage levels on the basis of a …

Using comparable fiscal incidence analysis, this paper examines the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty … targeted at the rich. While fiscal policy always reduces inequality, this is not the case with poverty. Fiscal policy increases … in 25 countries for around 2010. Success in fiscal redistribution is driven primarily by redistributive effort (share of …

appears to be a leap from the frying pan into the fire of even greater income inequality and poverty incidence. … evidence that Federalism is a strong predictor of greater income inequality in developing economies. It is also a strong … predictor of higher poverty incidence and poverty severity on average for all countries. Federalism does not predict lower …

Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through … considerable impact on the degree and structure of inequality and poverty (see Hauser 2008, Causa et al. 2009, Nolan et al. 2009 …