The Effect of Social Transfers in Western Europe: An Empirical Analysis of the Countries Using Generalized Lorenz Curves

Publication Type
Journal contribution
Authors
Hölsch, K.
Year of publication
2003
Published in
Journal of Income Distribution
Band/Volume
12/1 -2
Page (from - to)
83 - 115
Keywords
Centralisation, Classification, Inequality, Redistribution, Social Assistance
Abstract

This paper analyses the distributive impacts of various regulatory and institutional settings of European Schemes of social assistance. For this purpose, two sets of classifications of European schemes of social assistance are introduced that classify the systems according to regulatory arrangements and degree of centralisation, respectively. Subsequently, the distributive impacts of five selected EU systems are calculated on the basis of LIS data and their relationship to class assignment is investigated. Download: ftp://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp0251.pdf

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