This paper reviews the long run developments in the distribution of personal income and wealth. It also discusses … the distribution of income and wealth over time? Are there common trends across countries or over the path of development …-called top income literature and new evidence on wealth concentration. The picture that emerges shows that inequality was …

This paper presents new evidence on intergenerational income and earnings mobility in the top of the distributions …

In a number of high-income countries over the past few decades there has been a large growth in income inequality and … at the same time a shift in the burden of taxation from the top to the middle of the income distribution. This paper … an appropriate response to rising inequality is a shift towards a more progressive multi-bracket income tax system, with …

substantial drop of median income and a remarkable income growth at the top 0.1% of the income distribution. The increase of … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process … obtains its income from business and capital, the income share that it receives in form of wage income is increasing. …

aspects relevant to analysis of the distribution of household income. I discuss BHPS design features and how data on net … household income are derived. The BHPS net household income definition is modelled on that used in Britain’s official personal …This paper provides a self-contained introduction to the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), concentrating on …

Using longitudinal income-tax registers, we study how past labour market outcomes affect current labour market … welfare/non-participation. Our main finding is that after longer periods of employment with high income, individuals …

outcomes such as medical care costs, educational attainment, employment, wages, and crime. It also reviews the research on …

born, the male-female gender gaps in income and wages have increased with 35 and 10 percentage points, respectively. In …We compare the income and wage trajectories of women in relation to their male partners before and after parenthood … line with a collective labor supply model, the magnitude of these effects depends on relative incomes or wages within the …

characterized by increased influence from the financial market and extreme economic events - using data from the Household Income … income of the pensioners fell behind that of workers and relative poverty increased. The analysis shows that the limited … resources of many of the elderly put them close to a socially interesting poverty line. Income inequality among the elderly has …