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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 …
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inequality in several parts: we will distinguish 11 different benefits and several income taxes and social contributions in our … empirical investigation across countries. First, we use LIS data to analyze income inequality and the redistributive effect of … we decompose income inequality through several taxes and transfers. We analyze the redistributive effect of several …
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growth: liberal welfare states opted for growth and accepted rising inequality, while conservative welfare states tried to … hold back inequality, thereby accepting lower growth, and only the social democratic welfare states were partly able to … overcome that trade-off. The rise in inequality is widely interpreted with regard to globalization and technological change …
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household primary income inequality and disposable income inequality, redistribution from transfers and income taxes, and the …. LIS data allow us to decompose the trajectory of the Gini coefficient from primary to disposable income inequality in … LIS Budget Incidence Fiscal Redistribution Dataset on Income Inequality (LLBIFR Dataset on Income Inequality 2017) allows …
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The last decades have witnessed an unprecedented increase in women's economic independence through higher educational attainment, labor force participation and an increase in the share of female-led households. However, up to date there is a gap in the literature concerning how this increase in...
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Previous research has highlighted the disadvantaged position immigrants often face in the economy, particularly when it comes to labor market outcomes such as employment or earnings. Extending this literature, the present study evaluates the economic exclusion of immigrants, conceptualized not...
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