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over inequality. It documents how concern over income disparities has risen in OECD countries over the long run. Nowadays … intergenerational mobility is low. Yet, sufficient support for inequality-reducing policies may fail to arise if people do not agree on … are often divided as to the extent of inequality and what should be done to address this challenge. The report illustrates …
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. The report provides evidence of a fairly generalised increase in income inequality over the past two decades across the … how much inequality there is in a society is not determined randomly, nor is it beyond the power of governments to change …
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while lower income households have been left behind. This long-run increase in income inequality not only raises social and …
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This book is based on an exceptional event in December 2000 which brought together civil society from the poor countries and OECD experts. It emerges that globalisation can have a positive impact in poor countries, but only if policies encouraging a more equitable distribution of human and...
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This report examines mobility policies with a focus on evaluating their capacity to address transport-related exclusion of lower- income groups.There is significant evidence across countries that lower-income populations tend to suffer more from restricted transport options, have lower quality...
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The 2009 Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (“Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi” Commission) concluded that we should move away from over-reliance on GDP when assessing a country’s health, towards a broader dashboard of indicators that would reflect concerns such...
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This report examines how the two global mega-trends of population ageing and rising inequalities have been developing and interacting, both within and across generations. Taking a life-course perspective the report shows how inequalities in education, health, employment and earnings compound,...
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important way in which poverty, social inequality and exclusion are transmitted from one generation to another. For countries to …
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