Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/64873 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
EUROMOD Working Paper No. EM8/09
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
Tax and benefit systems in the enlarged EU vary significantly in size and structure. We examine how taxes and benefits shape income distributions in 19 EU countries, focusing on the differences between Western European countries (EU15) and Eastern European countries (Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia). We use EUROMOD, the European tax-benefit microsimulation model, which simulates taxes and benefits for representative samples of household micro-data and through a common framework which allows the analysis of cross-country differences on a comparable basis. The analysis concentrates on the distribution and composition of incomes, and the effect of taxes and benefits on poverty and inequality.
Subjects: 
European Union
Estonia
Hungary
Poland
Slovenia
income distribution
taxes
benefits
JEL: 
C81
D31
P50
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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