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Displaying all 22 Publications

Current search: 'Microsimulation', 'Journal Article' and 'Francesco Figari'

  1. The fiscal and equity impact of social tax expenditures in the EU

    Salvador Barrios, Flavia Coda Moscarola, Francesco Figari, et al.

    1. Public Policy
    2. Welfare Benefits
    3. Microsimulation
    4. Taxation
    5. Economic Policy

  2. Welfare resilience in the immediate aftermath of the Covid-19 outbreak in Italy

    Francesco Figari and Carlo V. Fiorio

    1. Households
    2. Economics
    3. Public Policy
    4. Welfare Benefits
    5. Income Dynamics
    6. Health
    7. Microsimulation
    8. Taxation
    9. Covid 19

  3. Shifting taxes away from labour enhances equity and fiscal efficiency

    Flavia Coda Moscarola, Ugo Colombino, Francesco Figari, et al.

    1. Welfare Benefits
    2. Microsimulation
    3. Taxation

  4. Investing in subsidized childcare to reduce poverty

    Tine Hufkens, Francesco Figari, Dieter Vandelannoote, et al.

    1. Child Development
    2. Labour Market
    3. Poverty
    4. Public Policy
    5. Welfare Benefits
    6. Microsimulation
    7. Caregiving

  5. Fiscal vs. social welfare: support for affordable housing in seven EU countries

    Francesco Figari, Katarina Hollan, Manos Matsaganis, et al.

    1. Economics
    2. Public Policy
    3. Microsimulation
    4. Taxation
    5. Housing Market

  6. Removing homeownership bias in taxation: the distributional effects of including net imputed rent in taxable income

    Francesco Figari, Alari Paulus, Holly Sutherland, et al.

    1. Economics
    2. Microsimulation
    3. Taxation
    4. Housing Market

  7. The design of fiscal consolidation measures in the European Union: distributional effects and implications for macroeconomic recovery

    Francesco Figari, Alari Paulus, and Holly Sutherland

    1. Income Dynamics
    2. Household Economics
    3. Microsimulation
    4. Economic Policy

  8. The Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey: a new underlying database for EUROMOD

    Sarah Kuypers, Francesco Figari, and Gerlinde Verbist

    1. Welfare Benefits
    2. Savings And Assets
    3. Microsimulation
    4. Taxation

  9. Fiscal consolidation policies in the context of Italy’s two recessions

    Francesco Figari and Carlo V. Fiorio

    1. Microsimulation
    2. Economic Policy

  10. The distributional effects of taxes and transfers under alternative income concepts: the importance of three ‘I’s

    Francesco Figari and Alari Paulus

    1. Welfare Benefits
    2. Income Dynamics
    3. Microsimulation
    4. Taxation

  11. From housewives to independent earners: how the tax system can help women to work in a context of strong familialism

    Francesco Figari

    1. Labour Market
    2. Income Dynamics
    3. Microsimulation
    4. Taxation

  12. The redistributive effect and progressivity of taxes revisited: an international comparison across the European Union

    Gerlinde Verbist and Francesco Figari

    1. Microsimulation
    2. Taxation
    3. International Economic Relations

  13. Welfare compensation for unemployment in the Great Recession

    Mariña Fernandez Salgado, Francesco Figari, Holly Sutherland, et al.

    1. Unemployment
    2. Welfare Benefits
    3. Microsimulation
    4. Taxation

  14. The financial well-being of elderly people in Europe and the redistributive effects of minimum pension schemes

    Francesco Figari, Manos Matsaganis, and Holly Sutherland

    1. Older People
    2. Poverty
    3. Microsimulation

  15. Are European social safety nets tight enough? Coverage and adequacy of Minimum Income schemes in 14 EU countries

    Francesco Figari, Manos Matsaganis, and Holly Sutherland

    1. Poverty
    2. Income Dynamics
    3. Microsimulation

  16. EUROMOD: the European Union tax-benefit microsimulation model

    Holly Sutherland and Francesco Figari

    1. Welfare Benefits
    2. Microsimulation
    3. Taxation

  17. Editorial special issue on EUROMOD

    Francesco Figari and Iva Valentinova Tasseva

    1. Welfare Benefits
    2. Research
    3. Microsimulation
    4. Taxation

  18. Approximations to the truth: comparing survey and microsimulation approaches to measuring income for social indicators

    Francesco Figari, Maria Iacovou, Alexandra J. Skew, et al.

    1. Income Dynamics
    2. Microsimulation
    3. Taxation

  19. Measuring the size and impact of public cash support for children in cross-national perspective

    Francesco Figari, Alari Paulus, and Holly Sutherland

    1. Welfare Benefits
    2. Microsimulation

  20. Inequalities within couples: market incomes and the role of taxes and benefits in Europe

    Francesco Figari, Herwig Immervoll, Horacio Levy, et al.

    1. Welfare Benefits
    2. Microsimulation
    3. Taxation

  21. Can in-work benefits improve social inclusion in the southern European countries?

    Francesco Figari

    1. Welfare Benefits
    2. Microsimulation

  22. Stress testing the UK welfare system for unemployment

    Francesco Figari, Andrea Salvatori, and Holly Sutherland

    1. Unemployment
    2. Welfare Benefits
    3. Income Dynamics
    4. Microsimulation

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