We have investigated the phenomenon of deprivation in contemporary Switzerland through the adoption of a multidimensional, dynamic approach. By applying Self Organizing Maps (SOM) to a set of 33 non-monetary indicators from the 2009 wave of the Swiss Household Panel (SHP), we identified 13...

1. Taxation structure and main tax policy issues / Juan Carlos Gomez Sabaini and Ricardo Martner -- 2. An outline of tax systems and tax reforms / Francesco Figari and Luca Gandullia -- 3. Political economy issues of taxation / Paola Profeta and Simona Scabrosetti -- 4. Corporate tax systems and...

Bongaarts and Feeney (1998) have recently proposed an adjusted total fertility rate to disentangle tempo effects from changes in the quantum of fertility. We propose an extension to the Bongaarts and Feeney formula that includes variance effects, i.e., changes in the variance of the fertility...

We describe a method for fitting the Coale-Trussell model to fertility rates or to counts of births and exposure by single years of age. The procedure maximizes a quasi-likelihood function and can easily be implemented using standard software. An extension to handle covariates is discussed.