I propose a method to decompose changes in income inequality into the contributions of policy changes, wage rate … apply this method to decompose the increase in income inequality in Germany from 2002 to 2011, a period that saw tax … inequality reducing effect as measured by the Mean Log Deviation and the Gini coefficient. For the Gini, these effects are offset …

I propose a method to decompose changes in income inequality into the contributions of policy changes, wage rate … apply this method to decompose the increase in income inequality in Germany from 2002 to 2011, a period that saw tax … inequality reducing effect as measured by the Mean Log Deviation and the Gini coefficient. For the Gini, these effects are offset …

We study a set of hypothetical reforms of child benefits in Germany, using a static tax-benefit microsimulation model … benefits are increased, the effect on overall income inequality is more pronounced at the cost of reduced labour supply …

and re-weighting techniques. Decomposition of the total change in inequality showed that income and policy effects are …This paper aims to disentangle the driving factors behind the changes in income inequality in the Baltics since the EU …. Evaluation of the three effects was based on counterfactual scenarios, which were constructed using taxbenefit microsimulation …

these tax, transfer and minimum wage reforms on income inequality and poverty based on a microsimulation approach using …Atkinson's book Inequality: What Can Be Done? (Harvard University Press, 2015) sets out a range of concrete proposals … aimed at reducing income inequality, which cover a very broad span but include major changes to the income tax and social …

contributions (SSC). Based on a dual data base and a microsimulation model of household labor supply behavior, we find a regressive … persists for PIT reductions, while the overall effects on inequality and progressivity become lower when payroll taxes are …

In this paper we study the impact of tax-benefit systems on income inequality and work incentives across the 27 Member … States of the European Union (EU). Using EUROMOD, the EU-wide taxbenefit microsimulation model, we disentangle the role of …

compensated by a revenue-neutral reduction in income-related taxes. Based on a dual data base and a microsimulation model of labor … on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …

compensated by a revenue-neutral reduction in income-related taxes. Based on a dual data base and a microsimulation model of labor … on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …

would be possible with either an NIT or UBI. A static microsimulation, using the EUROMOD model, is conducted on the HNIT … results are interpreted in terms of poverty and inequality statistics while closely looking into the assumptions of the … microsimulation models. In the first scenario a modest level of guaranteed minimum income is feasible, decreasing both poverty and …