Publication type
Research Paper
Series Number
5/2008
Series
Social Situation Observatory Research Notes
Authors
Publication date
October 1, 2008
Abstract:
The shift in favour of means-tested benefits observed in several European countries since the early 1980s and the rise of refundable tax credits since the mid-1990s raise the questions of how well-targeted such benefits are and what the distributional implications of target inefficiency might be.
This research note, using the EUROMOD tax-benefit model, presents the results of estimating the effects of non-take up on target efficiency and on the performance of social assistance benefits in reducing the relative number of people with income below the poverty line.
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- https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?pager.offset=85&advSearchKey=ssonotes&mode=advancedSubmit&catId=22&policyArea=0&policyAreaSub=0&country=0&year=0
- https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=9833&langId=en
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