Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ACE TAX SYSTEMS -- III. ACE SYSTEMS IN PRACTICE -- IV. PREVIOUS ANALYSES OF ACE TAX SYSTEMS -- V. THE BRAZILIAN ACE VARIANT -- VI. CONCLUSION -- Appendix I. Effective Tax Rates -- REFERENCES.

Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Household Data on Wealth and Consumption -- III. Capital Markets in Europe and Household Portfolios -- IV. The Life-Cycle Model of Consumption -- V. The Basic Model -- VI. Empirical Results -- VII. Conclusion -- Appendix: Data and Constructed Variables...

Intro -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Habit Formation in Household Portfolios -- III. The Model: Multiperiod Multinomial Probit with Autocorrelated Errors and Unobserved Heterogeneity -- IV. Empirical Results -- V. Conclusion -- Appendix: Data and Statistics -- References.

The gender pay gap (GPG) exists in every European country, but it varies considerably, even in EU member states covered by the same legal principles on pay equality. Part of the variation can be explained by different patterns of social partnership. With current policy pressure to de-centralise...