Ireland is one of the countries most severely affected by the Great Recession. National income fell by more than 10 per … crisis, and deep fiscal adjustment. This paper examines the income distribution consequences of the recession, and identifies … per cent between 2008 and 2011, but the greatest losses were strongly concentrated on the bottom and top deciles. Tax …

As the link between tax compliance and tax morale is found to be robust, finding the determinants of tax morale can … help to understand and fight tax evasion. In this paper we analyze the effect of progressive taxation on tax morale in a …. First, an individual's tax morale is higher, the more progressive the tax schedule is. Second, the impact of tax …

We examine the revenue and redistributive effects of tax policy reforms in twelve European countries over the decade … wage growth and progressivity of the tax system determined the fiscal leeway which governments could use to reduce income … of the examined countries in the CEE region led to increases in tax progressivity, their income tax systems continue to …

's deep recession in the 1990s. Instead, relatively, pensioners fared better than the working age population. On the other … conclude that the Swedish welfare state has maintained its resilience …