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 …

recently and thus cannot explain the rising welfare receipt. Following theoretical predictions, the probability that a rational …

conditional on labour supply while income tax rules and the various welfare benefit-levels are complicated functions of earned and …We develop a behavioural micro simulation model (LuxTaxBen) that contains very precise information on income tax rules …, as well as eligibility-rules for a number of welfare programs, such as social assistance, housing allowance etc. The …

steadily until the mid-1980s, but picked up again during the economic turmoil following the Great Recession, largely reflecting …

estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a …

This paper provides a single welfare measure to show the effects of consumer price changes upon households in Ireland … component using the Atkinson Social Welfare Function. The efficiency component includes the behavioural response to price … an inequality measure and this is combined with the Cost of Living Index to produce an overall welfare measure. This …

The success of the flat rate tax in Eastern Europe suggests that this concept could also be a model for the welfare … allowance yields positive static welfare effects amounting to approximately 1.8 per cent of income tax revenue but increases … problematic distributional impact, flat tax reforms are unlikely to spill over to the welfare states of Western Europe. …

recently and thus cannot explain the rising welfare receipt. Following theoretical predictions, the probability that a rational …

estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a …

This paper provides a single welfare measure to show the effects of consumer price changes upon households in Ireland … component using the Atkinson Social Welfare Function. The efficiency component includes the behavioural response to price … an inequality measure and this is combined with the Cost of Living Index to produce an overall welfare measure. This …