Effects of Changes in Tax/Benefit Policies in Austria 2003-2005

Title:

Effects of Changes in Tax/Benefit Policies in Austria 2003-2005

Creator:

Fuchs, Michael and Lietz, Christine

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:7eade42c-a675-4516-a6ed-441f3fedf819
uuid:7eade42c-a675-4516-a6ed-441f3fedf819
urnnbn:urn:nbn:cz:aba007-000hl7

Subject:

policy reform, micro-simulation, income inequality, redistribution, and Austria

Type:

model:internalpart and TEXT

Format:

print

Description:

The aim of this paper is to evaluate whether policy reforms in Austria between 2003 and 2005 were successful in meeting redistributive objectives and in reducing poverty. The authors use the tax/benefit micro-simulation model EUROMOD for this analysis. In the period under review the 2004-2005 tax reform was introduced and contributions to health insurance were raised. On the benefit side no major changes took place, the main family benefits were not even indexed to inflation. The authors find that the measures had no significant impact on poverty and income distribution. However, in total they increased the disposable income of almost all groups of the population.

Language:

Czech

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

611-636 and 121-146

Source:

Sociologický časopis | 2007 Volume:43 | Number:3

Harvested from:

CDK

Metadata only:

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