European schemes of social assistance: an empirical analysis of set-ups and distributive impacts

Margit Kraus and Katja Hölsch

No 02-51, ZEW Discussion Papers from ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Abstract: This paper analyses the distributive impacts of various regulatory and institutional settings of European schemes of social assistance. For this purpose, two sets of classifications of European schemes of social assistance are introduced that classify the systems according to regulatory arrangements and degree of centralisation, respectively. Subsequently, the distributive impacts of five selected EU systems are calculated on the basis of LIS data and their relationship to class assignment is investigated.

Keywords: Social Assistance; Classification; Centralisation; Inequality; Redistribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H53 I32 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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