TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Heady, Christopher
AU  - Mitrakos, Theodore
AU  - Tsakloglou, Panos
        TI  - The Distributional Impact of Social Transfers in the European Union: Evidence from the ECHP
        PY  - 2001/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 356
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp356
        AB  - Social transfers vary enormously across the EU, as has been demonstrated in earlier research. This paper analyses the comparative effects of cash transfers on inequality and poverty, using consistent household data. The analysis shows that the distributional impact of these transfers is greater in countries that spend a higher proportion of income on them but that there are other important determinants, including the distribution of funds between different types of transfers and the degree of targeting for each transfer.
        KW  - household survey
KW  - social transfers
KW  - income distribution
KW  - European Union
        ER  -