This paper uses standard fiscal incidence analysis to study how much income redistribution and poverty reduction are …

to poverty and inequality. Additionally, we assess gender disparities in outcomes, quantify the distributional effects of …

We complement the institutional literature on gender and the welfare state by examining how taxes and transfers affect … various welfare regime types. We quantify the extent to which taxes and transfers are able to close the gender gap in earnings …-age pensions, taxes and transfers - both contributory and means-tested - significantly reduce gender income inequality but cannot …

redistribution and public spending are affected by gender, income and expected future living standard. Applying the concept of the … suggest that these individuals may precautionary favor an increase in redistribution and public spending as to insure … represent a further step towards understanding the gender gap in preferences for redistributive spending. …