This paper makes use of tax–benefit microsimulation techniques to quantify the distributional effects of COVID-19 in Ecuador and the role of tax–benefit policies in mitigating the immediate impact of the economic shocks. Our results show a dramatic increase in income poverty and inequality between December 2019 and June 2020. The poverty rate, measured with […]

[…] the most recent projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) and the Government’s stated policy choices, and combine that with official survey data to assess the impact on households’ living standards through to 2024-25. Since the crisis hit, the Government support schemes have prevented an unprecedented collapse in GDP from turning into a […]

[…] I find that governments within the United Kingdom redistribute more to electorally important groups after changes in power, and that this multidimensional redistribution also has a significant impact on income inequality. The multidimensional perspective analysed here also explains patterns of redistribution that the standard unidimensional income perspective, which analyses transfers solely between rich and […]

[…] Household Longitudinal Study, is a world-leading longitudinal survey of continuity and change in UK life. In April, we began a regular new survey to look at the impact of coronavirus on the UK population. The NHS defines people as clinically extremely vulnerable if they are undergoing treatment such as radiotherapy or chemotherapy for various […]

Religion has a significant effect on how Europeans feel about the European Union (EU) and has had an important impact on how people voted in the UK’s ‘Brexit referendum’. This book provides a clear and accessible quantitative study of how religion affects Euroscepticism and political behaviour. It examines how religion has affected support for […]