Herwig Immervoll

World Bank, Europe and Central Asia

Senior Economist / Social Protection Specialist

1818 H Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20433

United States

Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy Division

Head of Employment-oriented Social Policy

2 rue Andre Pascal

Paris Cedex 16, 75775

France

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IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Research Fellow

P.O. Box 7240

Bonn, D-53072

Germany

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ISER Institute for Social and Economic Research

Research Associate

Wivenhoe Park

Colchester CO4 3SQ

United Kingdom

http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/people/research-associates

University of Canberra - National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM)

Research Associate

Canberra, ACT 2601

AUSTRALIA

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United Nations - European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research

Research Affiliate

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Vienna, A1010

Austria

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1.

Can Parents Afford to Work? Childcare Costs, Tax-Benefit Policies and Work Incentives

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1932
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 27 Jan 2006
Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll and David Barber
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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childcare costs, work incentives, labour supply, tax-benefit systems

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Minimum Wages, Minimum Labour Costs and the Tax Treatment of Low-Wage Employment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2555
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 23 Jan 2007
Herwig Immervoll and Herwig Immervoll
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia
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minimum wage, labour cost, taxation, OECD

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Redistribution Policy and Inequality Reduction in OECD Countries: What Has Changed in Two Decades?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6030
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 23 Oct 2011
Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll and Linda Richardson
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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income inequality, redistribution, working age, OECD

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The Impact of Brazil's Tax-Benefit System on Inequality and Poverty

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2114
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 May 2006
Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Horacio Levy, José Ricardo Nogueira, Cathal O'Donoghue and Rozane Bezerra de Siqueira
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) - Departamento de Economia, University of Galway and Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) - Departamento de Economia
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Brazil, inequality, poverty, redistribution, microsimulation

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Can Child Care Vouchers Get Turkish Mothers Back to Work? Estimating the Employment and Redistributionary Impact of a Demand Side Child Care Subsidy in Turkey

Development Analytics Research Paper Series No. 1401
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Dec 2014
Meltem A. Aran, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll and Cristobal Ridao-Cano
Development Analytics, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Early childhood education and care, preschool, child care, female labor force participation, demand side subsidy, voucher, gender, Turkey

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Household Incomes and Redistribution in the European Union: Quantifying the Equalising Properties of Taxes and Benefits

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1824
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Nov 2005
Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Horacio Levy, Christine Lietz, Daniela Mantovani, Cathal O'Donoghue, Holly Sutherland and Gerlinde Verbist
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - Department of Applied Economics, University of Galway, University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) and University of Antwerp
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income inequality, redistribution, microsimulation, European Union

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Are Recipients of Social Assistance 'Benefit Dependent'? Concepts, Measurement and Results for Selected Countries

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8786
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 31 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Stephen P. Jenkins and Sebastian Königs
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Social Policy and Administration and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy Division
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benefit dependence, state dependence, welfare benefits, social assistance, scarring

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How Demanding are Activation Requirements for Jobseekers?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11704
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Aug 2018
Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll and Carlo Knotz
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia and Lund University
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unemployment benefits, activation, targeting, incentives, job-search

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Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1978-2009: A Decomposition Approach

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5910
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Aug 2011
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel and Sebastian Siegloch
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), University of Cologne - Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, University of Cologne, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, IZA Institute of Labor Economics and University of Mannheim - Department of EconomicsIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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tax policy, inequality, redistribution, political economy, Great Recession

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An Age Perspective on Economic Well-Being and Social Protection in Nine OECD Countries

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2173
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 24 Jul 2006
Thai-Thanh Dang, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Daniela Mantovani, Kristian Orsini and Holly Sutherland
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Economics Department (ECO), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, University of Cambridge - Department of Applied Economics, KU Leuven and University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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inequality, poverty, social protection, ageing, demographics, microsimulation

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An Evaluation of the Tax-Transfer Treatment of Married Couples in European Countries

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3965
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 02 Feb 2009
Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thustrup Kreiner and Nicolaj Verdelin
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, University of Copenhagen - Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics and University of Copenhagen
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labour supply, redistribution, optimal tax, couples, marriage tax, joint taxation

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Welfare Reform in European Countries: A Microsimulation Analysis

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1810
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 07 Nov 2005
Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thustrup Kreiner and Emmanuel Saez
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, University of Copenhagen - Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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labour supply, redistribution, welfare reform

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Partisan Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1979-2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7190
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 02 Feb 2013
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl and Nico Pestel
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, University of Cologne, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and IZA Institute of Labor Economics
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tax policy, inequality, redistribution, partisan politics, political economy

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Minimum-Income Benefits in OECD Countries: Policy Design, Effectiveness and Challenges

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4627
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 15 Dec 2009
Herwig Immervoll and Herwig Immervoll
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia
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social assistance, negative income tax, welfare to work, poverty

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Employment Transitions in 13 European Countries. Levels, Distributions and Determining Factors of Net Replacement Rates

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Jan 2004
Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll and Cathal O'Donoghue
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia and University of Galway
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net replacement rate, unemployment benefits, work incentives European Union,

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Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1979-2007

ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 14-001
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 23 Jan 2014
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel and Sebastian Siegloch
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, IZA Institute of Labor Economics and University of Mannheim - Department of EconomicsIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Tax policy, Inequality, Redistribution, Partisan Politics, Political Economy

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Faces of Joblessness: Characterising Employment Barriers to Inform Policy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9954
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 01 Jun 2016
Rodrigo Fernandez, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Daniele Pacifico and Céline Thévenot
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
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unemployment, employment barrier, activation, targeting, latent class, active labour market programmes

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Inequalities within Couples: Market Incomes and the Role of Taxes and Benefits in Europe

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3201
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 Dec 2007
Francesco Figari, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Horacio Levy and Holly Sutherland
ISER - University of Essex, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) and University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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within-household inequality, tax-benefit systems, Europe, gender

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How Tight are Safety-Nets in Nordic Countries? Evidence from Finnish Register Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3004
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Sep 2007
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll and Heikki Viitamaki
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia and Government of the Republic of Finland - VATT Institute for Economic Research
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take-up, social assistance, poverty, register data

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Faces of Joblessness in Italy: A People-Centred Perspective on Employment Barriers and Policies

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11768
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 17 Sep 2018
Daniele Pacifico, James Browne, Rodrigo Fernandez, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann and Céline Thévenot
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, University of Cologne and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
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employment barriers, profiling, activation, policy coordination

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Distributional Consequences of Labor-Demand Shocks: The 2008-09 Recession in Germany

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3403
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Apr 2011
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and University of Mannheim - Department of EconomicsIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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labor demand, output shock, tax-benefit system, crisis, income distribution

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Faces of Joblessness in Ireland a People-Centred Perspective on Employment Barriers and Policies

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11583
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 02 Jul 2018
James Browne, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Rodrigo Fernandez, Dirk Neumann, Daniele Pacifico and Céline Thévenot
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), University of Cologne, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
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employment barriers, profiling, activation, policy coordination

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No Claim, No Pain: Measuring the Non-Take-Up of Social Assistance Using Register Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5355
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Dec 2010
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll and Heikki Viitamaki
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia and Government of the Republic of Finland - VATT Institute for Economic Research
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register data, take-up, social assistance, poverty

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Mechanics of Replacing Benefit Systems with a Basic Income: Comparative Results from a Microsimulation Approach

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11192
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 Dec 2017
James Martin, Herwig Immervoll and Herwig Immervoll
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia
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basic income, targeting, individualisation, conditionality, microsimulation

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Distributional Consequences of Labor Demand Adjustments to a Downturn: A Model-Based Approach with Application to Germany 2008-09

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5220
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Oct 2010
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and University of Mannheim - Department of EconomicsIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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labor demand, tax-benefit system, crisis, income distribution

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Welfare Reform in European Countries: A Micro-Simulation Analysis

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 03 May 2004
Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thustrup Kreiner and Emmanuel Saez
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, University of Copenhagen - Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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Welfare reform, redistribution, labour supply

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The Sensitivity of Poverty Rates to Macro-Level Changes in the European Union

Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 181-199, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Horacio Levy, Christine Lietz, Daniela Mantovani and Holly Sutherland
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - Department of Applied Economics and University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

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European Union, Microsimulation, Social indicators