[…] of furniture has increased by 21%, it has never been more important to provide tenants with a place to call home. The report sets out the positive impact that increased furniture provision can have on tenants’ lives; what furniture support is currently available for tenants living in furniture poverty; and what barriers are in […]

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 […]