Household incomes and redistribution in the European Union: Quantifying the equalizing properties of taxes and benefits

The Distributional Effects of Government Spending and Taxation

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 135-165

  Immervoll, Herwig ^a,b,c,d   Levy, Horacio ^c   Lietz, Christine ^e   Mantovani, Daniela ^f   O'Donoghue, Cathal ^g,h   Sutherland, Holly ^c   Verbist, Gerlinde ^i,j  

^a OECD   (France)

^b Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d Affiliate of the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^g Rural Economy Research Centre Ireland   (Ireland)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85016036970     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230378605     Document Type: Chapter

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