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Income distribution, weekly hours of work, and time for child rearing: The US experience in a cross-national context
Burtless, Gary; Gornick, Janet; Smeeding, Timothy M. - 2008
Working-age Americans work longer hours than adults in other industrialized countries. At the same time, the United States. has one of the least equal income distributions of any rich country. This paper provides a cross-national analysis of the impact of the exceptional U.S. income distribution...
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Sliding into poverty? Cross-national patterns of income source change and income decay in old age
Williamson, James; Smeeding, Timothy M. - 2004
In this article we examine the change in the mix of income and benefits that older adults receive as they age, with a focus on older women. Our study is a crossnational comparison of five OECD countries using the Luxemburg Income Study database. We investigate the change of private income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335361
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Mechanisms of poverty alleviation
Nelson, Kenneth - 2004
particular transfer on poverty. The countries included in this study are Canada, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335363
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Income inequality over the later-life course: A comparative analysis of seven OECD countries
Brown, Robert L.; Prus, Steven G. - 2006
analysis is performed by comparing age groups within seven OECD countries (Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335373
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Welfare states, real income and poverty
Kenworthy, Lane - 2004
poverty for working-age households in Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States from the mid-1970s to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335377
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Regional redistribution: Applying data from household income data
Ravishankar, Nirmala - 2003
preliminary analysis of interregional inequality and redistribution in four federal states - the United States of America, Canada …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335394
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International comparisons of income distribution
Bazen, Stephen; Moyes, Patrick - 2003
When incorporating differences in household characteristics, the choice of equivalence scale can affect the ranking of income distributions. An alternative approach was pioneered by A.B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (G.R. Feiwel (Ed.), Arrow and the Foundation of the Theory of Economic Policy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335395
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Inequality, public opinion, and redistribution
Kenworthy, Lane; McCall, Leslie - 2007
According to the 'median-voter' hypothesis, greater inequality in the market distribution of earnings or income tends to produce greater generosity in redistributive policy. We outline the steps in the causal chain specified by the hypothesis and attempt to assess these steps empirically. Prior...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335397
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Canadian policies for families with very young children in international perspective
Phipps, Shelley - 2009
Esping-Andersen's 'three worlds' of welfare capitalism. Within Canada, the province of Quebec has recently introduced its own …/parental benefits in some countries, including Canada, mean that the effective replacement rate is lower than the nominal replacement … benefit periods by returning to work part-time while collecting partial benefits; Canada might consider moving in this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335401
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Inequality of wealth for never married women in Canada, Germany, Sweden, and the United States
Steinsultz, Linda - 2006
investigation. Three age cohorts (young 50-59, middle, 60-69, and old 70+) were examined with marital status, country (Canada … that education, age and marital status were significant predictors of wealth in the US, Canada, and Sweden, although … marital status was reversed for Sweden. While education and age were significant predictors of wealth for women in Canada …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335404