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- Title
The distributional impact of in-kind public benefits in European countries.
- Authors
Paulus, Alari; Sutherland, Holly; Tsakloglou, Panos
- Abstract
The article presents information on international comparisons of inequality based on measures of disposable income. It discusses that it may not be valid if the size and incidence of publicly provided benefits are different across the countries. It reports that taxation benefit in one country may need to be purchased out of disposable income in another. Studying the size, incidence of benefits from public housing subsidies, education, and health care for five European countries using comparable methods and data it is estimated that inequality in the augmented income measure is lower than in disposable income.
- Subjects
INCOME; DISPOSABLE income; SUBSIDIES; HOUSING; PUBLIC welfare; HOUSING subsidies; TAXATION; RENT subsidies; LOW-income housing credit
- Publication
Journal of Policy Analysis & Management, 2010, Vol 29, Issue 2, p243
- ISSN
0276-8739
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pam.20490