consumption distribution, poverty and inequality for the world and specific country aggregates. …

The relationship between income inequality and polarization is an empirical fact: a change in equality might occur … together with a change in polarization. At the same time, polarization might emerge while inequality remains constant. The …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

Family 500 +) on inequality and poverty. The analysis is based on micro-level household data from the Luxembourg Income Study … (LIS) and Statistics Poland. We examine the changes in various indicators of inequality and poverty (Gini index, subjective … and relative poverty rates) and their decomposition. We find evidence that the program substantially reduces inequality …

the distribution of consumption, poverty and inequality in the world. …

countries' poverty profiles and inequality levels can be heavily influenced by how such payments are taken into account. This … international and subnational comparison of inequality in China, Peru, Dominican Republic, Germany, United Kingdom and United States …