Publication type
Parliamentary Paper
Publication date
February 15, 2016
Summary:
Executive Summary: The overall effect of the 2010-15
Coalition Government’s tax and benefit policies was regressive ; Children were
hardest hit by policy changes, along with those in their 30s and early 40s
; The greatest beneficiaries from
changes to taxes were those in their early 60s, but those in their 20s also
benefited ; The gains that the over-65s accrued from the “triple-lock” on
pensions were partly offset by cuts to other benefits, which particularly
affected older pensioners ; Looking at the picture that would emerge in 2020/21
one finds that losses suffered by children would intensify, whilst those over
65 would lose out due to loss of benefits outweighing any gains from the
triple-lock ; Across Europe the elderly have tended to have larger gains (or
smaller losses) – this is the case in the UK, although the indexation employed
has a significant effect on outcomes.
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References: De Agostini, P., Hills, J. and Sutherland, H (2015) Were we really all in it together? The distributional effects of the 2010-2015 UK Coalition government's tax-benefit policy changes: an end-of-term update. EUROMOD Working Paper Series, 13/15. Colchester: University of Essex. Institute for Social and Economic Research ; De Agostini, P., Paulus, A. and Tasseva, I. (2015) The effect of tax-benefit changes on the income distribution in 2008-2014. EUROMOD Working Paper Series, EM11/15. Colchester: University of Essex. Institute for Social and Economic Research ; De Agostini, P. and Sutherland, H. (2014) EUROMOD Country Report: United Kingdom 2009-2013. Colchester: University of Essex. Institute for Social and Economic Research ; Sutherland H. and Figari, F. (2013) EUROMOD: the European Union tax-benefit microsimulation model. International Journal of Microsimulation, 6(1), 4-26.
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