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View article: Monetary compensation schemes during the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for household incomes, liquidity constraints and consumption across the EU
Monetary compensation schemes during the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for household incomes, liquidity constraints and consumption across the EU Open
This paper analyses the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on household disposable income and household demand in the European Union (EU) during 2020, making use of the EU microsimulation model EUROMOD and nowcasting techniques. We show evide…
View article: The Distributional Impact of Social Spending on In-Kind and Cash Child Transfers in Croatia
The Distributional Impact of Social Spending on In-Kind and Cash Child Transfers in Croatia Open
Social spending in Croatia is mainly based on social protection, public healthcare and education policies. There are two forms of investing in children through the social spending provided by central and local governments: cash and in-kind…
View article: Local social benefits in Croatia
Local social benefits in Croatia Open
Family policies and their impact on the well-being of families are a frequent topic of research. However, local social benefits are the least researched of such policies. This paper aims to explore the extent to which the most important ca…
View article: The distributional impact of recurrent immovable property taxation in Greece
The distributional impact of recurrent immovable property taxation in Greece Open
During the last decade, Greece faced one of the most severe debt crises among developed countries, leading to Economic Adjustment Programs in order to avoid a disorderly default.Public expenditure was cut, tax rates were increased and new …
View article: Disentangling annuities and transfers: The case of Greek retirement benefits
Disentangling annuities and transfers: The case of Greek retirement benefits Open
The aim of this paper is to estimate the relative importance of annuities and transfers in Greek retirement benefits and to assess their impact on intergenerational and intragenerational equity. We analyse a large sample of private sector …
View article: Improving poverty reduction in Europe: What works best where?
Improving poverty reduction in Europe: What works best where? Open
This article examines how income poverty is affected by changes to the scale of tax-benefit policies and which are the most cost-effective policies in reducing poverty or limiting its increase in seven diverse EU countries. We do that by m…
View article: The Hypothetical Household Tool (HHoT) in EUROMOD: a new instrument for comparative research on tax-benefit policies in Europe
The Hypothetical Household Tool (HHoT) in EUROMOD: a new instrument for comparative research on tax-benefit policies in Europe Open
This paper introduces the Hypothetical Household Tool (HHoT), a new extension of EUROMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for the European Union. With HHoT, users can easily create their own hypothetical data, which enables them to b…
View article: Improving poverty reduction in Europe: What works best where?
Improving poverty reduction in Europe: What works best where? Open
This article examines how income poverty is affected by changes to the scale of tax-benefit policies and which are the most cost-effective policies in reducing poverty or limiting its increase in seven diverse EU countries. We do that by m…
View article: Research note: The distributional impact of local social benefits in Croatia
Research note: The distributional impact of local social benefits in Croatia Open
The aim of this research note is to analyse the distributional impact of five types of local social benefits (compensation for housing costs, old-age income supplement, grant for a newborn child, kindergarten subsidy and city transport sub…
View article: Nowcasting: estimating developments in median household income and risk of poverty in 2014 and 2015
Nowcasting: estimating developments in median household income and risk of poverty in 2014 and 2015 Open
The at-risk-of-poverty rate (AROP) is one of the three indicators used for monitoring progress towards the Europe 2020 poverty and social exclusion reduction target. Timeliness of this indicator is crucial for monitoring of the social situ…
View article: The importance of income-tested benefits in good times and bad: lessons from EU countries
The importance of income-tested benefits in good times and bad: lessons from EU countries Open
Policy over the past years has seen a gradual movement away from universal social benefits towards the provision of more targeted benefit schemes. Using the European tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD, this paper aims to compare the…
View article: Baseline results from the EU28 EUROMOD (2011-2015)
Baseline results from the EU28 EUROMOD (2011-2015) Open
This paper presents baseline results from the latest version of EUROMOD (version G3.0+), the tax-benefit microsimulation model for the EU-28. First, we briefly report the process of updating EUROMOD. We then present indicators for income i…
View article: Nowcasting: Estimating developments in the risk of poverty and income distribution in 2013 and 2014
Nowcasting: Estimating developments in the risk of poverty and income distribution in 2013 and 2014 Open
The at-risk-of-poverty rate is one of the three indicators used for monitoring progress towards the Europe 2020 poverty and social exclusion reduction target. Timeliness of this indicator is crucial for monitoring of the social situation a…
View article: Nowcasting risk of poverty and low work intensity in Europe
Nowcasting risk of poverty and low work intensity in Europe Open
Very low work intensity and at-risk-of-poverty are two of the three indicators used for monitoring progress towards the Europe 2020 poverty and social exclusion reduction target. Their timeliness is critical for tracing the effectiveness o…