average household, an indication that they may reduce inequality in disposable incomes. Such is the case of reducing …

paper is to deliver a fresh assessment of the evolution of inequality and poverty across OECD countries over the last … overall income inequality masks compensating changes between the lower and upper halves of the income distribution. Also, it … inequality and comparing their evolution over time provides new policy-relevant perspectives on the nature of the changing income …

Poverty and income inequality have worsened since the onset of the crisis. While the design of fiscal measures has …

Luxembourg is a rich and fast-growing country. However, inequality of disposable incomes has trended up modestly over … inequality of market incomes is substantially reduced by large social transfers, but the risk of relative poverty still affects … tackle poverty traps would both reduce inequality and improve the labour supply of residents. Strong activation policies are …

We provide an analytical framework within which changes in income inequality over time are related to the pattern of … income inequality grew substantially), and also for income growth to have been pro-poor. Income growth was also pro-poor in … Western Germany, more so than in the USA, and inequality did not rise as much. …

Two conversion schemes are usually employed for assessing personal-income inequality from household equivalent incomes … country inequality rankings to conversion schemes and explain the finding by means of inequality decomposition. A bootstrap …

years if underlying global trends relating to growth, trade, inequality and environmental pressures prevail. For example … transform into rising income inequality, the ability of governments to cushion this impact may be limited, as rising trade …

credit, to prevent a rise in inequality and poverty. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Survey of Japan …

Notwithstanding impressive progress, poverty and inequality remain high in Chile in OECD comparison, and the tax …