redistribution in a comparative setting. We use micro-data from the Luxembourg Income Study to examine household market inequality … increase in primary household inequality in all 20 countries over the last 25 years (except Ireland). In most countries, the … income inequality, although they appear to have become less effective in doing so since the mid-1990s. We find that the …

variables are LIS data on market income inequality (measured by the Gini index) for households with a head aged 25 to 59 and the … inequality has increased in the United States because the country failed to invest sufficiently in education. The main … determinants of market income inequality are (in order of size of the effect) family structure (single mother households), union …

premium levels and changes within countries. For the literature on income inequality, these findings imply the need to pay …

from each other. The imputed income from publicly provided education reduces inequality by between 3 and 4 Gini points and …

reducing poverty through social assistance payments are calculated using several measures of poverty for five selected EU … poverty alleviation, the results provide some evidence that extremely centralised systems are more effective with regard to …

social inequality. In this study, I used data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) to describe trends in educational … amplify differences in child poverty by maternal education. The prevalence of single motherhood has increased in almost all of … particularly among the least educated. Educational differences in single motherhood can amplify differences in child poverty by …

inequality and income poverty in Brazil. We use data from three censuses and 35 national household surveys (PNAD). The … reduce inequality and poverty and only a significant scale-up of university education would lead to much lower levels of … inequality and poverty. The growth required to have made that possible would have been impressive. Such a reduction could also …