At the heart of any distributional analysis there is the problem of allowing for differences in people's non-income characteristics. We examine the role of standard equivalence scales in distributional comparisons and the welfare implications of the basis for constructing equivalence scales. We...

Inequality comparisons between countries and over time should take into account problems of data imperfection. We examine the contrasting experience of the UK and Spain during the 1980s in terms of the distribution of disposable income. We consider whether the apparent divergence in inequality...

The drive to reduce child poverty is of particular interest in southern Europe, where the subsidiary role of the State in matters of family policy has implied that programmes of public assistance to poor families with children are often meagre or not available at all. The paper examines the...

During the last three decades Spain has undergone a major political and socio-economic transformation. Over the same period, indicators such as average welfare levels as measured by real disposable per capita income or expenditure on social protection have shown a signifiant net rise; this growth...

The authors examine the sensitivity of U.K.-Spanish poverty comparisons to variations in the dependence of equivalence scales on household size and composition, using evidence from national household budget surveys. They sum up these comparisons using subjective confidence levels. Taking into...

ESPASIM is a static micro-simulation model of taxes and benefits for Spain. Taking into consideration the information provided by micro-data from a representative sample of Spanish individuals and households, ESPASIM simulates the effect that different tax-benefit policy scenarios would have on...

[fre] Entre 1990 et 2000, le niveau de vie progresse en Espagne plus rapidement que celui des pays appartenant, comme la France, à l'Union européenne depuis son origine. Le taux de chômage qui a beaucoup augmenté jusqu'en 1995 est très rapidement descendu au niveau moyen de l'Union...

Instead of Inequality analysis sometimes neglects the problem of allowing differences in people's non-income characteristics in the comparison of income distribution, I would say, At the heart of any distributional analysis there is the problem of allowing for differences in people's non-income...