The distributional impact of in kind public benefits in European countries
"International comparisons of inequality based on measures of disposable income may not be valid if the size and incidence of publicly-provided in kind benefits differ across the countries considered. The benefits that are financed by taxation in one country may need to be purchased out of disp...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| Language: | English |
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Colchester
2009
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| author | EUROMOD Paulus, Alari Sutherland, Holly Tsakloglou, Panos |
| author_facet | EUROMOD Paulus, Alari Sutherland, Holly Tsakloglou, Panos |
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| description | "International comparisons of inequality based on measures of disposable income may not be valid if the size and incidence of publicly-provided in kind benefits differ across the countries considered. The benefits that are financed by taxation in one country may need to be purchased out of disposable income in another. We estimate the size and incidence of in kind or “non cash” benefits from public housing subsidies, education and health care for five European countries using comparable methods and data. Inequality in the augmented income measure is dramatically lower than in disposable income, with the effects of the three components varying in importance across countries. Adapting equivalence scales to take proper account of differences in needs for health care and education across population members reduces the scale of the effect, but does not eliminate it." |
| format | TEXT |
| geographic | EU countries |
| id | 19186852124919040349_b460413d01424109a08ab0bf317e135b |
| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| is_hierarchy_title | The distributional impact of in kind public benefits in European countries |
| language | English |
| physical | 33 p. Digital |
| publishDate | 2009 |
| publisher | Colchester ISER |
| spellingShingle | EUROMOD Paulus, Alari Sutherland, Holly Tsakloglou, Panos comparison income distribution social assistance social protection statistics social inequality The distributional impact of in kind public benefits in European countries |
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| title | The distributional impact of in kind public benefits in European countries |
| topic | comparison income distribution social assistance social protection statistics social inequality |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19186852124919040349-The-distributional-impact-of-i.htm |