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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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Estimating inequality of opportunity in more periods than ever before: The capital income approach
del Valle-Inclán Cruces, Hugo - 2019
The measurement of Inequality of Opportunity has attracted a lot of attention in recent years, despite of the fact that … occupation. Secondly, we compare the results of our approach to estimate Inequality of Opportunity (which includes a measure of … background. Finally, we apply it to estimate Inequality of Opportunity for the full length of the EU-SILC database, which covers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060348
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The persistence of the gender earnings gap: Cohort trends and the role of education in twelve countries
Bar-Haim, Eyal; Chauvel, Louis; Gornick, Janet C.; … - 2018
Studying twelve countries over 30 years, we examine whether women's educational expansion has translated into a closing gender earnings gap. As educational attainment is cohortdependent, an Age-Period-Cohort analysis is most appropriate in our view. Using the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) data,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060321
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Who did safety nets catch during the Great Recession and how? A comparison of eleven OECD countries
Baird, Katherine - 2014
occurred along the income distribution, and reversed increases in inequality. A notable shortcoming across many countries was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335787
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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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The Global Consumption and Income Project (GCIP): An introduction and preliminary findings
Lahoti, Rahul; Jayadev, Arjun; Reddy, Sanjay G. - 2014
consumption distribution, poverty and inequality for the world and specific country aggregates. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335799
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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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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