This paper evaluates the linkage between social security strategies and redistributive effects in EU social transfer systems. It is argued that the various European systems produce different patterns of redistribution that may be explained by the adoption of different mixes of social security...

This paper evaluates the linkage between social security strategies and redistributive effects in EU social transfer systems. It is argued that the various European systems produce different patterns of redistribution that may be explained by the adoption of different mixes of social security...

This paper evaluates the linkage between social security strategies and redistributive effects in EU social transfer systems. It is argued that the various European systems produce different patterns of redistribution that may be explained by the adoption of different mixes of social security...

We complement the institutional literature on gender and the welfare state by examining how taxes and transfers affect the incomes of men and women. Using microsimulation and intra-household income splitting rules, we measure the differences in the level and composition of individual disposable...

Die Ausgestaltung von Transfers bei Arbeitslosigkeit, Krankheit, Invalidität, Arbeitsunfällen und Berufskrankheiten sowie Leistungen der Mindestsicherung weist in europäischen Ländern Unterschiede auf. Daher liegt es nahe zu analysieren, ob diese Transfers unterschiedliche Umverteilung im...