Persuasive argumentation and epistemic attitudes

These slides present the main notions and results of a work under construction that was presented in the 2nd DaLí Workshop, Dynamic Logic: New Trends and Applications in Porto, 9 October, 2019 and later published in the Lectures Notes in Computer Science (vol 12005). The work develops a formal study of persuasive dialogues among individuals, taking into account the epistemic attitudes of the involved agents. Abstract argumentation and dynamic epistemic logic provide the necessary tools for such an analysis. The interested reader is referred to the paper for further detailsUniversidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Measuring Income Polarization for Twenty European Countries, 2004–13: A Shapley Growth-Redistribution Decomposition

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Neemt de inkomensongelijkheid in Nederland toe?

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Measuring Income Polarization for Twenty European Countries, 2004–13: A Shapley Growth-Redistribution Decomposition

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Drie scenario’s voor de pensioenopbouw in Nederland

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Antipoverty effects of various social transfers and income taxes across countries

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Income inequality and fiscal redistribution in 47 LIS-countries (1967-2014)

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Income polarization in European countries and Europe wide, 2004-2012

Polarization is an interesting additional social indicator for analyzing income distribution across countries, as it captures the phenomenon of ‘clustering around extreme poles’. Income polarization can be closely linked to social exclusion, which is relevant for EU social policy, because combatting social exclusion is a central element of the Lisbon Agenda and the Europe 2020 Strategy. Rising income polarization has been observed outside Europe, but within the EU, polarization is relatively unexplored. This paper provides theoretical insights into this relatively new dimension of income distribution and analyzes trends in income polarization in 28 EU countries and 3 non-EU countries, using micro-data from EU-SILC over the period 2004–2012. Income polarization is rather stable over this period in European countries, and Europe-wide. It was rising among the old EU15 countries in the sub-period 2004–2008, but declining afterwards. The opposite development is witnessed for New Member States. Despite the Great Recession we find quite stable income polarization in Europe.Hervorming Sociale Regelgevin

Decomposing income polarization and tax-benefit changes across 31 European countries and Europe wide, 2004-2012.

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Income inequality and fiscal redistribution in 31 countries after the crisis

In this paper, we analyze fiscal redistribution after the Great Recession. Are welfare states still effective in reducing income inequality? We use recent microdata from the Luxembourg Income Study to examine redistribution from transfers and income taxes, and the several underlying social programs that drive the changes in 31 countries. On average, we find that social transfers and income taxes reduce the Gini by 31%. In most countries, pensions are a dominant factor. After performing a number of sensitivity analyses, we conclude that the redistributive impact of the welfare state is still substantial.Hervorming Sociale Regelgevin