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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/10011289926
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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/10010422868
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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/10010465441
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Taxation of families and "families of taxation"? : inequality modification between family types across welfare states
Schechtl, Manuel - 2020 - This version: 22.07.2020
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/10012265932
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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/10012029158
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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/10011870140
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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/10013337584
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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/10014454808
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Structural racism, family structure, and black-white inequality in poverty : the differential impact of the legacy of slavery among single mother & married parent households
Baker, Regina S.; O'Connell, Heather A. - 2022
Objective: To assess whether an indicator of structural racism - the legacy of slavery - impacts racial inequality in … inequality in poverty. This overemphasis on an “individual-level” variable results in relatively less attention to the role of … structural factors. Yet, structural factors, like the legacy of slavery, may be key to understanding how race and family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013337616
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Income inequality and redistribution in post-industrial democracies : demographic, economic, and political determinants
Huber, Evelyne; Stephens, John D. - 2013
This article analyzes the determinants of market income distribution and governmental redistribution. The dependent … variables are LIS data on market income inequality (measured by the Gini index) for households with a head aged 25 to 59 and the … inequality has increased in the United States because the country failed to invest sufficiently in education. The main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010226099