explained by differing probabilities of paid employment?' Luxembourg Income Study data on the USA, UK, Canada, Germany, France …

This paper examines the level and distribution of equivalent after tax, after transfer money income in Canada, the USA … countries studied differ in the trends observed in aggregate income, poverty, polarization and income inequality. In the USA and … gains of the top decile of the UK and the USA had been transferred to the bottom decile, poverty in both countries in 1994 …

1980 to 2000, average working hours per adult (ages 15-64) rose by 234 hours in the USA to 1476 while falling by 170 hours … well-being. Recently Bell and Freeman (2000) have argued that greater inequality in the USA provides the incentive that … participation. [For example, the paid working hours of women in the USA have risen significantly, while German men aged 55 to 64 …

data on Canada and the USA, UK, Germany, France and Sweden to simulate the income distributions that other countries would … those in Canada, inequality in the USA would change only fractionally. In every other case, poverty and inequality would …