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Income inequalities within couples in the Czech Republic and European countries

Mysíková, Martina - 2010

This study analyses the income distribution within couples in the Czech Republic and ten European countries using the EU-SILC 2005 database. Data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) database supplement the analysis with previous period (1986-2000). Women, on average, contribute less to a...

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Poverty and inequality among the elderly : a comparative study of the pension systems in Belgium and the Netherlands

Keupers, Ingrid - 2009

population, second and third pillar pensions are advocated. However, it is important not to lose sight of the social consequences … of encouraging these private pensions. In this master thesis the paradox of redistribution from Korpi & Palme (1998) is … redistribution further states that inequality will be higher when the first pillar provides flat-rate pensions and will be the lowest …

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Inside the black box : intra-household inequality and a gendered pandemic

Malghan, Deepak; Swaminathan, Hema - 2020

Emerging evidence suggests that COVID-19 has amplified existing gender divisions that disadvantage women. What is the appropriate unit of analysis to study the gendered impact of a pandemic? The study of gendered inequality - especially labor market opportunities and outcomes - has for the large...

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Who can (still) afford to retire early? : cross-country comparison of incomes of senior workers and young retirees using LIS data for 2007 & 2010

Petrovici, Carmen D.; Neugschwender, Jörg - 2014

The aim of this paper is to compare the economic situation of young retirees with their peers who decided to continue their working life before and during the recent economic crisis using the micro-data from the Luxembourg Income Study Database (LIS) for four countries (Greece, Spain, the UK and...

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Pension income inequality : a cohort study in six European countries

Neugschwender, Jörg - 2014

a variety of institutional pensions schemes. The study contrasts pension system regulation in Denmark, Finland, Germany …

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Gender, household and individual income in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the USA and the UK

Rake, Katherine (contributor); Daly, Mary (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Experience and perception of social mobility : a cross-country test of the self-serving bias

Weber, Nina - 2020

Perceptions of social mobility in society are one of the most important determinants of individuals' preferences for redistribution and tolerance for economic inequalities. What shapes these perceptions is however so far little understood. In this paper, I propose and empirically test a...

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Differences across place and time in household expenditure patterns : implications for the estimation of equivalence scales

Daley, Angela; Garner, Thesia Isedora; Phipps, Shelley A.; … - 2020

Equivalence scales are often used to adjust household income for differences in characteristics that affect needs. For example, a family of two is assumed to need more income than a single person, but not double due to economies of scale in consumption. However, in comparing economic well-being...

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Social insurance and retirement : a cross-country perspective

Laun, Tobias; Wallenius, Johanna - 2016

We study the role of old-age pensions, disability insurance and healthcare in accounting for the differing labor supply …

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Pension institutions and income inequality across European societies : Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom

Neugschwender, Jörg - 2015

towards a higher relevance of private pensions in the public-private mix. The Swedish and German systems relied more on … public minimum pension schemes for a long time only with mostly voluntary occupational systems. Private pensions strongly …

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