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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335792
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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 … and inequality. The strength of the relationship varies between countries and in some cases between the all age and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335815
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335816
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Equitable redistribution without taxation: A lesson from East Asian miracle countries
Rahman, Md. Arifur - 2018
Does uncertainty of labor earning over the life-time increase income inequality? - This paper finds that there is a … direct positive relationship between life-time uncertainty and income inequality. Earlier studies single out the effect of … their rapid economic growth, inequality has been decreased in those countries. The degree of earning uncertainty can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060310
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060319
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060349
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Unfair inequality and the demand for redistribution
Ahrens, Leo - 2019
Income inequality is rising but there seems to be no clear-cut effect on redistribution preferences, which is … differences in individual merit and it is primarily non-merit based inequality that affects redistribution preferences. This view …-regarding motives. This study follows prior theorization presuming that the effect of inequality is transmitted through normative value …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389648
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012671229
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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
I propose a disaggregated analysis of the income that households receive to compare the redistributive capacity of the state taking child poverty as case of study. I use the LIS Database and cross-nationally compare six countries: Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Russia, and South Africa. I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013467163
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In search of a paradox of redistribution analysis of fiscal redistribution in high-income countries
Coady, David P. - 2023
The last decade has seen a sharp increase in interest in the possible existence of a Paradox of Redistribution (PoR …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477578