We provide an overview of microsimulation approaches for assessing the effects of policy on
income distribution. We focus on the role of tax-benefit policies and review the concept of …

International comparisons of inequality based on measures of disposable income may not
be valid if the size and incidence of publicly provided in‐kind benefits differ across the …

Use of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax records improves researchers' ability to track
income trends, although the focus on taxable market income in this research excludes …

Housing should always be included in the construction of the welfare aggregate for welfare
analysis. However, assigning a value to the flow of services from dwellings is problematic …

Esta monografía analiza en detalle la evolución reciente de la distribución de la renta en
España antes y después de la crisis iniciada en 2007. El enfoque adoptado utiliza una base …

Previous research [Verbrugge, Randal, 2008a. The puzzling divergence of aggregate rents
and user costs, 1980–2004. The Review of Income and Wealth 54 (4), 671–699] …

Residualization refers to the process whereby publicly subsidized rental housing moves
towards a position in which it provides only a safety net for low-income households. In this …

The income tax systems of most countries entail a favourable treatment of homeownership,
compared to rental‐occupied housing. Such 'homeownership bias' and its consequences for …

This paper examines whether the distributional consequences of contrasting welfare
systems are enhanced, replicated or countered by housing systems in England and the …

This article uses survey data to estimate non‐cash income from imputed rents, using a
consistent methodology for all countries to assemble comparable statistics that allow for a …