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Analysing the effects of tax-benefit reforms on income distribution : a decomposition approach

Bargain, Olivier ; Callan, Tim (University College Dublin. School of EconomicsUniversity College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2007-08)

To assess the impact of tax-benefit policy changes on income distribution over time, we suggest a methodology based on counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three ...
The distributional effects of tax-benefit policies under New Labour : a Shapley decomposition

Bargain, Olivier (University College Dublin. School of EconomicsUniversity College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2009-02)

Using counterfactual microsimulations, Shapley decompositions of time change in inequality and poverty indices make it possible to disentangle and quantify the relative effect of tax-benefi…t policy changes, compared to ...