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Social Spending Generosity and Income Inequality: A Dynamic Panel Approach

Niehues, Judith - 2010

This paper explores whether more generous social spending polices in fact lead to less income inequality, or if redistributive outcomes are offset by behavioral disincentive effects. To account for the inherent endogeneity of social policies with regard to inequality levels, I apply the System...

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The distribution and re-distribution of income of self-employed as freelancers and entrepreneurs in Europe

Merz, Joachim; Hirschel, Dierk - 2003

von Selbständigkeit prägte nachhaltig die Einkommensverteilung von Selbstständigen und Freiberuflern. Jüngste Studien für … Einkommensverteilung von Selbstständigen und Freiberuflern. Trotz des Sachverhalts, dass bereits eine ganze Reihe an internationalen … Studien zur Einkommensverteilung existieren, gibt es nach unserem Kenntnisstand bis zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt keine Untersuchung …

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SME taxation in Europe: An empirical study of applied corporate income taxation for SMEs compared to large enterprises. CIP Programme 186/PP/ENT/CIP/12/F/S01C24

Spengel, Christoph; Hausemer, Pierre; Bergner, Sören; … - 2015

This report analyses tax incentives for SMEs in 20 EU countries and five non-EU countries between 2009-2013. Its findings and recommendations are based on a review of tax codes, modelling of tax burdens using two different models, a descriptive analysis of company financial ratios, and the...

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Fiscal Consolidation in Reformed and Unreformed Labour Markets: A Look at EU Countries

Turrini, Alessandro - 2012

This paper estimates the impact of fiscal consolidation on unemployment and job market flows across EU countries using a recent database of consolidation episodes built on the basis of a "narrative" approach (Devries et al., 2011). Results show that the impact of fiscal consolidation on cyclical...

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Poltical trust and the success of fiscal consolidations

Győrffy, Dóra - 2007

The paper examines the effects of political trust on fiscal consolidations. Building on the works of Easton (1965) and Gamson (1968) a theoretical framework is derived on the main channels through which the success of fiscal consolidation can be affected by the level of political trust in the...

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Evidence on fiscal consolidations and the evolution of public debt in Europe

Cafiso, Gianluca; Cellini, Roberto - 2012

The objective of this paper is to gain insights into the relationship between deficit-reducing policies and the evolution of the debt/GDP ratio. We consider past events of fiscal consolidation in a selected group of EU countries, by using the new data set recently made available by Devries et...

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Fiscal consolidation in the euro area: long-run benefits and short-run costs.

Coenen, Günter; Mohr, Matthias; Straub, Roland - 2008

In this paper, we examine the macroeconomic effects of alternative fiscal consolidation policies in the New Area-Wide Model (NAWM), a two-country open-economy model of the euro area developed at the European Central Bank (cf. Coenen et al., 2007). We model fiscal consolidation as a permanent...

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A hazai jövedelemeloszlás és jövedelemegyenlőtlenség mérése és elemzése személyi jövedelembevallási adatok alapján

Kovács, Ilona - 2010

The introduction of the paper discusses the different opinions about income inequalities and income distribution. Further the author presents the most important alternative methods for measuring income inequalities. Contrary to the traditional income distribution analysis the underlying data...

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Measuring and Analyzing Income Distribution and Income Inequality in Hungary based on Data from Personal Income Tax Returns

Kovács, Ilona - 2010

This study surveys various views on income distribution and income inequality and presents alternative approaches to and analytical methods of measuring income inequality. In contrast to traditional income distribution analyses, the author examines the development of income distribution and...

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Income inequality, redistribution and poverty: Contrasting rational choice and behavioural perspectives

Luebker, Malte - 2012

inequality translates into greater redistribution by shaping the median voter's preferences. While numerous papers have tested … this proposition, the literature has remained divided over the appropriate measure for redistribution. Revisiting the … redistribution should increase in line with inequality. An empirical test based on 110 observations from the Luxembourg Income Study …

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