time from the sample. The paper outlines a procedure to obtain jackknife estimates for several inequality indices with only …

approach. The LIS database is used to compare the approaches using an analysis of the changing contributions to inequality in …

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 …

equally. Income inequality among men has increased markedly since the 1970s, suggesting that differences among fathers have …

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 …

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 …