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Failure to launch: Cross-national trends in the transition to economic independence

Bell, Lisa; Burtless, Gary; Gornick, Janet; Smeeding, … - 2007

, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The paper compares trends in the household living arrangements, employment … this general pattern. Between the mid-1980s and 2000 employment rates improved among young Americans in their late 20s and … early 30s, and earnings levels either remained stable or increased modestly. The stability of U.S. employment levels helped …

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Income distribution, weekly hours of work, and time for child rearing: The US experience in a cross-national context

Burtless, Gary; Gornick, Janet; Smeeding, Timothy M. - 2008

part of the U.S. distribution derive an important advantage from devoting so much of their time to paid employment: They …

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American inequality and its consequences

Burtless, Gary; Jencks, Christopher - 2003

Income inequality has risen sharply in the United States over the past generation, reaching levels not seen since before World War II. But while almost two-thirds of Americans agree with the statement that 'income differences in the United States are too large', policies aimed at reducing income...

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The age profile of income and the burden of unfunded transfers in four countries: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study

Burtless, Gary - 2004

This paper uses micro-census income data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) to measure the current and future burden of financing public transfers, especially benefits supporting the aged and near-aged. The analysis distinguishes between income obtained from households' own saving and labor...

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Income inequality and redistribution in post-industrial democracies: Demographic, economic, and political determinants

Huber, Evelyne; Stephens, John D. - 2013

density, deindustrialization, unemployment, employment levels, and education spending. The main determinants of redistribution … are (in order of magnitude) left government, family structure, welfare state generosity, unemployment, and employment …

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United States Poverty in a Cross-National Context

Smeeding, Timothy M.; Rainwater, Lee; Burtless, Gary - 2000

In this paper we use cross-national comparisons made possible by the LIS to examine America's experience in maintaining a low poverty rate. We compare the effectiveness of United States antipoverty policies to that of similar polices elsewhere in the industrialized world. If lessons can be...

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The State and Poverty Alleviation in Advanced Capitalist Democracies

Moller, Stephanie; Bradley, David; Huber, Evelyne; … - 2001

We analyze the impact of the state on the incidence of poverty in the working-age population of 14 advanced capitalist democracies between 1970 and 1997 using an unbalanced panel design. We utilize poverty measures based on micro-level data from the Luxembourg Income Study in conjunction with...

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