[…] with their work, even though they do not earn less or have less secure contracts. We test several possible explanations of why a father’s working situation would impact on their children’s labour market experiences. We find no evidence that the young adults suffered psychological scarring in their youth, nor that they are at a […]

This paper documents the integration of microsimulation tools for direct taxation, indirect taxation, and social benefits in the context of the European tax and benefit simulator, EUROMOD. Integration has been developed parallely for the two countries, Belgium and Germany. The paper at hand documents the process and presents simulation results for the case of Germany. […]

[…] cost of public disability support. Economists often use the idea of a “compensating variation” (CV) as a way of measuring intangibles in money terms, to allow the impact of policy to be compared with its financial cost. For a disabled individual, the CV is defined as the amount of additional income he or she […]

This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely France, Germany, the UK and Ireland, and the contribution of tax and benefit policy changes. The period examined, 2008 to 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes in inequality and […]

[…] Foundation to measure changing levels of financial inclusion in Britain. We have seen some signs of economic recovery in the last year but has this had an impact on levels of financial security and financial inclusion? This research monitors these levels to highlight key trends here. In order to provide a comprehensive picture, this […]

[…] distributive objectives in an efficient manner that is consistent with fiscal sustainability; and (iv) recent evidence on how fiscal policy measures can be designed to mitigate the impact of fiscal consolidation on inequality. This paper does not advocate any particular redistributive goal or policy instrument for fiscal redistribution. Both tax and expenditure policies need […]