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The impact of means tested assistance in Southern Europe

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  • O'Donoghue, Cathal
  • Matsaganis, Manos
  • Bargain, Olivier
  • Levy, Horacio
  • Mantovani, D.
  • Tsakloglou, P.
  • Mercader-Prats, M.
  • Baldini, Massimo
  • Albuquerque, J.
  • Bosi, P.
  • Farinha, C.
  • Rodrigues, Farinha
  • Toso, S.
  • Terraz, I.

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This paper aims to analyse the social assistance systems in five South European countries: France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain. After reviewing the existing system of social assistance in each country, we apply a consistent methodology in order to estimate its impact on income distribution, poverty and target efficiency
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  • O'Donoghue, Cathal & Matsaganis, Manos & Bargain, Olivier & Levy, Horacio & Mantovani, D. & Tsakloglou, P. & Mercader-Prats, M. & Baldini, Massimo & Albuquerque, J. & Bosi, P. & Farinha, C. & Rodrigue, 2002. "The impact of means tested assistance in Southern Europe," EUROMOD Working Papers EM6/01, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:ese:emodwp:em6-01
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    1. Herwig Immervoll & Cathal O'Donoghue, 2009. "Towards a multi-purpose framework for tax-benefit microsimulation: lessons from EUROMOD," International Journal of Microsimulation, International Microsimulation Association, vol. 2(2), pages 43-54.
    2. Atkinson, Tony, 2002. "Atkinson: evaluation of national action plans on social inclusion: the role of EUROMOD," EUROMOD Working Papers EM1/02, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research.
    3. Sutherland, Holly, 2001. "EUROMOD: an integrated European benefit-tax model: final report," EUROMOD Working Papers EM9/01, EUROMOD at the Institute for Social and Economic Research.

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