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Tax progression: International and intertemporal comparisons using LIS data

Pogorelskiy, Kirill; Seidl, Christian; Traub, Stefan - 2010

Based on the earlier work of one of the authors, this paper develops a unified methodology to compare tax progression for dominance relations under different income distributions. We address it as uniform tax progression for different income distributions and present the respective approach for...

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The structure of income in elderly households and relative poverty rates in Japan from the viewpoint of international comparisons

Murozumi, Masako; Shikata, Masato - 2008

Germany, Italy, the UK, Denmark, the US, and Taiwan. We divide household including elderly into five types: living alone …

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Mechanisms of poverty alleviation

Nelson, Kenneth - 2004

particular transfer on poverty. The countries included in this study are Canada, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the …

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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

analysis is performed by comparing age groups within seven OECD countries (Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden …

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Welfare states, real income and poverty

Kenworthy, Lane - 2004

poverty for working-age households in Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States from the mid-1970s to … whole, the comparative evidence seems more consistent with the view of welfare state supporters. Germany, with its …

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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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Time, money and inequality in international perspective

Osberg, Lars - 2002

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

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Social structure and social policy: About the institutional flexibility of three modern welfare states

Foschi, Matteo; Schommer, Martin - 2008

social policy institutions of Germany and Britain are more able to deal successfully with changing age and household …

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Policy effects on class-gender employment intersections

Cooke, Lynn Prince - 2009

equality in Australia, East and West Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The countries were selected … Germany underline that class equality policies do not ensure greater class equality for all social groups. Second, the UK and …

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Income inequality developments in the great recession

Hellebrandt, Tomas - 2014

. Using data on eight advanced economies (Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Slovakia, Spain, the United Kingdom, and United …

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