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Second earners and in-work poverty in Europe

Jara, H. Xavier; Popova, Daria - 2020

Dual or multiple earnership has been considered an important factor to prevent in-work poverty. The aim of this paper … is to quantify the impact of second earnership on the risk of in-work poverty and the role of the tax-benefit systems in … in preventing in-work poverty. This is done by simulating a counterfactual scenario where second earners become …

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Improving income protection for the elderly poor in Ecuador

Amores L., César A.; Jara, H. Xavier - 2018

-age beneficiaries still live in poverty and the recent fall in oil prices has put increasing pressure on government expenditures to …. Our results show that increasing pension assistance to match the level of the poverty line in Ecuador would reduce elderly … poverty by 40% and would take 18% of old-age beneficiaries out of poverty. We analyze the effect of additional hypothetical …

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Financial disincentives to formal employment and tax-benefit systems in Latin America

Deza Delgado, María Cecilia; Jara, H. Xavier; Oliva, … - 2020

The aim of this paper is twofold. First, it provides a comprehensive assessment of the financial cost informal workers would incur if they entered formal employment in five Latin American countries: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Then, it analyzes the extent to which...

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An unemployment insurance scheme for the euro area? A comparison of different alternatives using micro data

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Neumann, Dirk; Peichl, … - 2015

We analyze different options for the design of a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA). We assess their effectiveness to act as an insurance device in the presence of asymmetric macroeconomic shocks. Running counterfactual simulations based on micro data for the period...

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Fiscal integration in the Eurozone: Economic effects of two key scenarios

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Neumann, Dirk; Peichl, … - 2014

The 2008-09 crisis has shown that some euro area member countries were unable to sufficiently stabilize their economies which has given rise to a debate about deeper fiscal integration in Europe. In this paper, we analyze the redistributive and stabilizing effects of two scenarios of fiscal...

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Putting subjective well-being to use for ex-ante policy evaluation

Jara, H. Xavier; Schokkaert, Erik - 2016

Most studies using microsimulation techniques have considered the effect of potential reforms, but only regarding income distribution. However, it has become increasingly recognised, both at the academic and political level, that focusing purely on income provides a limited picture of social...

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Baseline results from the EU28 EUROMOD: 2016-2019

Kneeshaw, Jack; De Agostini, Paola; Chatsiou, Kakia; … - 2020

inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and EU-SILC based …

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Baseline results from the EU28 EUROMOD: 2017-2020

Kneeshaw, Jack; Collado, Diego; Framarin, Nicolo; … - 2021

inequality and risk of poverty using EUROMOD and discuss the main reasons for differences between these and EU-SILC based …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013205356