. This new study, based on more than 20 million tax records over 10 years, examines the highest income earners in Ireland but … income and pay around 2/3 of all income tax. Unlike other OECD countries, the top 1% has not expanded its gross income share …, partly due to long range downward mobility during the recession for those with the highest incomes. Moreover, more …

recession, resulting in a substantial rise in unemployment, and income and wealth inequality. This paper uses longitudinal data …

data. A detailed decomposition analysis uncovers the respective roles of size, tax progressivity and transfer targeting for …

The paper studies the impact of tax-benefit policies on the distribution of household incomes and work incentives in … Estonia. It makes use of microsimulation modelling approach and applies the EU tax-benefit model EUROMOD to quantify the first …

inequality and poverty due to the recession. As fiscal consolidation intensified in 2012, tax and benefit policies appear to have … the distributional impact of changes in tax-benefit policies and in the wider economy. This paper analyses the effects of … indicators, rose in 2010-2013 as the recession deepened and unemployment rose, and fell back in 2014 as the economy stabilised …

This paper analyses income inequality in Ireland using a new panel dataset based on the administrative tax records of … deterioration of the labour market. The data confirms that the tax system is highly progressive at the high end of income … distribution and the welfare system provides the most significant support to lower income deciles in Ireland. The redistributive …

, especially the role of the tax-and-transfer system, and suggests public policies to promote inclusive growth. To a significant … that promote inclusive growth could also help reduce the market distortions resulting from the current tax …-and-transfer system. In particular, phasing out personal and corporate tax expenditures that disproportionately benefit high earners would …

transfer systems tend to reduce work incentives. There is significant room for improvement in the design of the tax and …