variables over the period 1970 to 2013. For the baseline simulation, the welfare gain for capital owners is 3.7% of per …-period consumption while workers suffer a welfare loss of 1.4%. Using counterfactual simulations, we find that both groups could have …

This papers quantifies the redistributive effects on progressivity, poverty and welfare, that would occur if the … poverty reducing as the one in force (or more in some dimensions), and a generator of greater welfare. …

This paper assesses the feasibility of simulating the distributional impacts produced by various tax and transfer … instruments in Viet Nam. Viet Nam's system of tax and transfer policies underwent frequent changes, in terms of diversity and … survey data shows the wide-ranging feasibility of simulating tax and benefit instruments, though more details are available …

This work reconstructs novel series on income distribution in Italy combining survey data, tax data and National … Accounts both at the national and regional levels, and it analyzes the overall progressivity of the tax system. Our new … Southern regions have been increasingly exposed to growing levels of inequality. Finally, the Italian tax system is only …

before, during and after the great recession (2004-2017). Linear regressions, which make use of ex-post Gini coefficients … controlling for a possible impact from the great recession as well as from EU membership. …

the rule of law and thereby the welfare of people, and the indomitable tendency of rising and unsustainable inequality in …