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Welfare analysis and redistributive policies
Bargain, Olivier - 2017
Applied welfare analyses of redistributive systems nowadays benefit from powerful tax benefit microsimulation programs …
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Microsimulation as a Tool for Evaluating Redistribution Policies
Bourguignon, François; Spadaro, Amedeo - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2006
During the last 20 years, microsimulation models have been increasingly applied in qualitative and quantitative … analysis of public policies. This paper discusses microsimulation techniques and their theoretical background as a tool for the … analysis of public policies. It next analyses basic principles for using microsimulation models and interpreting their results …
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Welfare analysis and redistributive policies
Bargain, Olivier - In: Journal of economic inequality 15 (2017) 4, pp. 393-419
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¿Renta Mínima o Mínimo Vital? Un Análisis sobre los Efectos Redistributivos de Posibles Reformas del Sistema Impositivo Español
Oliver, Xisco; Spadaro, Amedeo - Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Facultat de Ciències … - 2003
Durante los últimos 20 años, el sistema redistributivo español ha sufrido grandes cambios. En 1999, el Partido Popular introdujo una nueva Ley y el debate académico y político sobre sus efectos sobre la igualdad y la eficiencia aún está abierto. En el presente trabajo pretendemos analizar...
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Is Belgium 'making work pay'?
Orsini, Kristian - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2006
In the period 2001-2004 two major reforms followed in Belgium: a personal income tax reform (2001) and a reform of social security contributions for low skilled employees (2004). Using a discrete hours labor supply model, this paper assesses the impact of these reforms on aggregate labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005200721
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Subsidies on low skilled's social security contributions: the case of Belgium
Dagsvik, John; Orsini, Kristian; Jia, Zhiyang - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2008
Belgium is characterised by a comparatively high tax wedge. Starting from the end of the 90’s there has been a growing concern over the effect of high labour costs on the employment of low skilled workers. One of the most innovative measures implemented by the federal government is the...
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Tax-benefits reforms and the labor market: evidence from Belgium and other EU countries
Orsini, Kristian - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2006
During the last decade, several EU countries have tried to tackle unemployment and low activity rates through extensive tax cuts. In an effort to encourage the taking up of work – especially amongst the less productive workers – policymakers have shown increasing interest in targeted tax and...
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Is Belgium "Making Work Pay" ?
Orsini, Kristian - In: Brussels Economic Review 50 (2007) 2, pp. 193-220
In the period 2001-2004 two major reforms followed in Belgium: a personal income tax reform which included a new tax credit on low earnings (2001) and a reform of social security contributions for low wage employees (2004). Using a discrete hours labor supply model, this paper assesses the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868102
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Tax-benefit revealed redistributive preferences over time: Ireland 1987 - 2005
Bargain, Olivier; Keane, Claire - 2010
By inverting Saez (2002)'s model of optimal income taxation, we characterize the redistributive preferences of the Irish government between 1987 and 2005. The (marginal) social welfare function revealed by this approach is consistently comparable over time and show great stability despite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292870
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Tax-benefit revealed redistributive preferences over time: Ireland 1987 - 2005
Bargain, Olivier; Keane, Claire - 2010
By inverting Saez (2002)'s model of optimal income taxation, we characterize the redistributive preferences of the Irish government between 1987 and 2005. The (marginal) social welfare function revealed by this approach is consistently comparable over time and show great stability despite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274642