claimed that "the more we target benefits at the poor, the less likely we are to reduce poverty and inequality". The basic … fact become a very weak one. For what it matters, targeting tends to be associated with higher levels of redistribution …

indicators for income inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and …

association of reduction of income inequality (redistribution) with subjective wellbeing. Their results provide evidence that … not only the outcome (inequality), but also the procedure (redistribution) that leads to the outcome influences subjective … people in Europe are negatively affected by income inequality, whereas reduction of inequality has a positive effect on well …

blocks of lifetime disparities. We look at lifetime inequality and the redistribution properties of taxes and benefits using …In this paper we look at lifetime inequality to address two main questions: How well does a modern tax system, based on … annual information, target lifetime inequality? What aspects of the tranfser system are most progressive from a lifetime …

less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the …