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Unemployment versus inactivity: An analysis of the earnings and labor force status of prime age men in France, the UK, and the US at the end of the 20th century

Bi?áková, Alena - 2005

negative effect on the wage of the low-skilled at the bottom of the wage distribution. With lower returns from employment, the …. The findings provide evidence against the commonly used argument that wage flexibility improves the employment prospects …

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How Much does Work Matter for Inequality? Time, Money and Inequality in International Perspective

Osberg, Lars - 2002

.e. by differing probabilities of any employment? Across OECD countries there are large differences in the average level and … employment. The participation level is particularly important for inequality differences and there is persuasive evidence that … country attitudes to paid employment, particularly for women, differ significantly. This paper uses Luxembourg Income Study …

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Verfahren und Kosten von Betriebsverlagerungen in ausgewählten europäischen Ländern: Gutachten im Auftrag der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung

Zachert, Ulrich - 2008

Die Verlagerung der Bochumer Produktion des Handyherstellers Nokia nach Rumänien hat in der Öffentlichkeit für erhebliches Aufsehen gesorgt.Die Ausarbeitung, die auf einem Gutachtenauftrag beruht, untersucht normativ unter Einbeziehung der Faktenlage, wie zeit- und kostenaufwändig eine...

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Sliding into poverty? Cross-national patterns of income source change and income decay in old age

Williamson, James; Smeeding, Timothy M. - 2004

In this article we examine the change in the mix of income and benefits that older adults receive as they age, with a focus on older women. Our study is a crossnational comparison of five OECD countries using the Luxemburg Income Study database. We investigate the change of private income and...

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Mechanisms of poverty alleviation

Nelson, Kenneth - 2004

Substantial cross-national differences in poverty alleviation are well documented, but theextent to which different parts of the social transfer system account for this variation is still relatively unexamined. This study analyses the redistributive effects of specific social policy institutions...

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Income inequality over the later-life course: A comparative analysis of seven OECD countries

Brown, Robert L.; Prus, Steven G. - 2006

This paper examines income inequality over stages of the later-life course (age 45 and older) and systems that can be used to mitigate this inequality. Two hypotheses are tested: Levels of income inequality decline during old age because public benefits are more equally distributed than work...

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Welfare states, real income and poverty

Kenworthy, Lane - 2004

. Critics argue that, over time, such programs reduce the growth of economic output and/or employment. As a result …

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The temporal welfare state: A crossnational comparison

Rice, James Mahmud; Goodin, Robert E.; Parpo, Antti - 2006

as one pleases, outside the necessities of everyday life. Using surveys from five countries (the USA, Australia, Germany …

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International comparisons of income distribution

Bazen, Stephen; Moyes, Patrick - 2003

When incorporating differences in household characteristics, the choice of equivalence scale can affect the ranking of income distributions. An alternative approach was pioneered by A.B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (G.R. Feiwel (Ed.), Arrow and the Foundation of the Theory of Economic Policy,...

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Inequality, public opinion, and redistribution

Kenworthy, Lane; McCall, Leslie - 2007

According to the 'median-voter' hypothesis, greater inequality in the market distribution of earnings or income tends to produce greater generosity in redistributive policy. We outline the steps in the causal chain specified by the hypothesis and attempt to assess these steps empirically. Prior...

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