contribution of the tax-benefit system to household incomes; average effective tax rates applicable to income from labour; and …

the model permits the use of common income concepts across countries and therefore enables one to make informative …

be used across countries. By varying certain important household characteristics (notably income), this dataset captures … the population structure. We compute and compare disposable incomes for a large range of pre-tax-and-benefit income (so … tax-benefit systems in terms of ensuring a minimum level of household income. …

markets, and the effects of racial disparities in income. We propose a method for the decomposition of segregation measures … of racial income disparities alone, while the other captures the combined effect of neighborhood preferences and … discrimination. Applying the method to thirty major metropolitan areas, we find that the role played by racial income disparities in …

We use CEX repeated cross-section data on consumption and income, to evaluate the nature of increased income inequality … in the 1980s and 90s. We decompose unexpected changes in family income into transitory and permanent, and idiosyncratic … mainly permanent; and that inequality is driven almost entirely by idiosyncratic income risk. In addition we find no evidence …

tax- and contribution rules built into tax-benefit models to convert net income information into gross amounts. Using … to produce different net-to-gross ratios for different income components. We undertake a case study to illustrate the … income sources of the same individual. …

Five waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), 1985-1989 including both wealth supplements, are used to …

Five waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), 1985-1989 including both wealth supplements, are used to …

median and average wealth fell among families whose major income recipient is aged 25–34 and increased among those whose … reduce wealth inequality; 6) changes in permanent income do not explain a substantial portion of the growing gap between low-wealth … evolution of wealth inequality in Canada between 1984 and 1999. Our main findings are as follows: 1) Wealth inequality has …