Inequalities within couples: market incomes and the role of taxes and benefits in Europe

Authors

Francesco Figari, Herwig Immervoll, Horacio Levy, Holly Sutherland

Publication Date

Jun 2011

Summary

This paper explores the effects of tax and benefit systems on differences in income and incentives to earn income within couples in nine member countries of the European Union. The comparative perspective allows us to establish the relative effects of different policy regimes, given the characteristics of each national population, using a consistent approach and set of incidence assumptions across countries. We find variation in the extent of within-couple equalizing across countries and depending on whether the man or the woman has the larger market income. We find no evidence of tax-benefit systems reducing income differences at the expense of increasing disparities in work incentives within couples.

Volume and page numbers

Volume: 37 , p.344 -366

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/eej.2009.48

Publication type

Journal Article

Links

http://serlib0.essex.ac.uk/record=b1597313~S5 - http://serlib0.essex.ac.uk/record=b1597313~S5

Notes

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• Inequalities within couples: market incomes and the role of taxes and benefits in Europe

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  Francesco Figari, Herwig Immervoll, Horacio Levy, Holly Sutherland, EUROMOD Working Paper Series -01 Nov 2007

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