translated into decisive improvements in household disposable incomes while significant redistribution has ensured low income … inequality and poverty. This has been combined with gains in leisure time, especially time spent in retirement, low unemployment … disponible des ménages. Parallèlement, une redistribution importante a permis que les inégalités de revenu et le taux de pauvreté …

Taxes and cash transfers reduce income inequality more in France than elsewhere in the OECD, because of the large size … so as to achieve the same amount of redistribution at lower cost. The French tax code should be simplified and changed …

individuel. Il propose des réformes qui pourraient contribuer à une meilleure redistribution de ces risques. Premièrement, au … institutions de protection sociale et elles favorisant les transitions apparaissent contribuer à la redistribution des risques …

areas where incomes are relatively low. While it is most common to confine measures of inequality to national borders, the … most important. Inequality in Europe has risen quite substantially since the mid 1980s. While the EU enlargement process … has contributed to this, it is not the only explanation since inequality has also increased within a “core” of 8 European …

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 …