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Can the Structure of Inequality Explain Fiscal Redistribution? Revisiting the Social Affinity Hypothesis
Luebker, Malte - 2019
Lupu and Pontusson (2011) argue that the structure of income inequality, rather than its level, can explain differences … inequality, the concept of theoretical interest; and (c) there is no indication that skew in the distribution of incomes (rather … literature offers no support for the proposition that the structure of inequality has consequences for fiscal redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012890814
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Income polarization and economic growth
Brzezinski, Michal - 2013
-level datasets, as well as datasets reconstructed from grouped data on income distribution taken from the World Income Inequality … growth in the short term, while the impact of income inequality on growth is statistically insignificant. Our results are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335431
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Inequality decompositions: A reconciliation
Cowell, Frank A.; Fiorio, Carlo V. - 2009
approach. The LIS database is used to compare the approaches using an analysis of the changing contributions to inequality in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335441
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Social welfare, inequality and deprivation
Magdalou, Brice; Moyes, Patrick - 2008
inequality by considering the corresponding relative and absolute ethical inequality indices. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335534
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Armoede en ongelijkheid bij ouderen: Een vergelijkende studie van de pensioenstelsels in België en Nederland
Keupers, Ingrid - 2009
, pensioners are compared on their poverty rates and inequality. The redistribution paradox states that poverty will be the highest … redistribution further states that inequality will be higher when the first pillar provides flat-rate pensions and will be the lowest …), inequality is higher than in Belgium (wage coupled pension) when calculated on the basis of pension income. When disposable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335560
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Inequality in human development: An empirical assessment of 32 countries
Grimm, Michael; Harttgen, Kenneth; Smeeding, Timothy; … - 2009
One of the most frequent critiques of the HDI is that is does not take into account inequality within countries in its … we outline in this paper. Our results show that inequality in human development within countries is high, both in … between the level of human development and inequality in human development. One of the most frequent critiques of the HDI is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335419
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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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Inflation and the rich after the global financial crisis
Jovanovic, Branimir - 2014
episodes in order to prevent rising income inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335798
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Relative income distribution in six European countries: Market and disposable income
Petrarca, Ilaria; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2015
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335810
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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