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Pension income inequality: A cohort study in six European countries

Neugschwender, Jörg - 2014

This paper is an empirical overview of inequalities of pension outcomes in six European countries, which are shaped by a variety of institutional pensions schemes. The study contrasts pension system regulation in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom; and analyses their...

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A fresh look at an old question: Is pro-poor targeting of cash transfers more effective than universal systems at reducing inequality and poverty?

McKnight, Abigail - 2015

This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … relationship between the concentration of cash transfers net of direct taxes and their effectiveness in terms of reducing poverty … and inequality. The strength of the relationship varies between countries and in some cases between the all age and the …

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Pension institutions and income inequality across European societies: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom

Neugschwender, Jörg - 2015

different regulatory approaches may, in the end, have quite diverse implications on income inequality among the elderly. A … affected the income position of high-income pensioners. However, also the structure of public pension benefits had a poverty …

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Redistribution as an income mobility process: The identification and measurement of redistribution

Morillas, Juan Rafael - 2009

inequality generated in the market? In order to answer these questions, we need to be equipped with adequate measures of …

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Occupational welfare policies and pension income inequalities: Case studies of pension systems in Denmark, Finland, and the United Kingdom

Neugschwender, Jörg - 2011

This paper provides an overview of different approaches to old age security and their societal outcome in three advanced welfare states: Denmark, Finland, and the United Kingdom. All three countries established a public first tier minimum pension, which was also pursued in the following. Reform...

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

Huber, Evelyne; Stephens, John D. - 2013

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 …

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How redistributive policies reduce market inequality: Education premiums in 22 OECD countries

Weisstanner, David; Armingeon, Klaus - 2018

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

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Redistributive impacts of fiscal policies in Mexico: Corrections for top income measurement problems

Hlásny, Vladimír - 2019

yield higher inequality as measured by the Gini (0-9 pc.pt. increase) and the top 1% and 10% income shares (0-5, and 1-5 pc … mismeasurement rise. Taxable income is subject to the highest inequality, which further undergoes the highest upward correction for … corrections confirm the inequality-neutral impact of pensions in Mexico, and equalizing impacts of transfers, direct taxes …

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Taxation of families and "families of taxation"? Inequality modification between family types across welfare states

Schechtl, Manuel - 2020

this study I aim to examine the tax system's modification of horizontal income inequality between the six most prevalent … Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). I estimate pre- and post-fiscal income inequality measured as between-family-type Theil indices …. Using linear regression, I examine the association of the percentage change in inequality and the prevalence of family type …

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Redistribution and child poverty: A cross-national comparison between Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Russia, and South Africa

González, Marcela F. - 2022

state taking child poverty as case of study. I use the LIS Database and cross-nationally compare six countries: Brazil … assess in each country to what extent taxes and government transfers reduce the child poverty generated by the market. I use …: Wave VIII (2010), Wave XIX (2013) and Wave X (2016). I cross-nationally compare the relative child poverty at 40%, 50%, and …

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