Recent work on inequality has examined either changes in the distribution of income or in that of earnings, without … assess the importance of earnings and income from other sources in recent changes in inequality. We examine data for 8 … distribution of earnings are an important aspect of recent increases in inequality, they are not the only one. In some countries …

households headed by a single adult, may contribute to rising earnings inequality. Here we instead ask how demographic … differences between countries may underpin differences in household earnings inequality between them, concentrating on economic … account for just above 40% of the variation between countries in inequality in household labour earnings, with the proportion …