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The inequality we want : how much is too much?
Krozer, Alice - 2017
A key aspect defining the contemporary income distribution is the (increasing) share the top holds compared to the rest. This paper shows that income concentration increases towards the very top of the distribution, while the shares the middle- and upper-middle-income groups hold remain stable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011628596
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Accounting for private health care expenses in measures of nations' redistributive effort
Baird, Katherine - 2018
-government poverty rates climb by three to four percentage points once we account for households’ medical expenses. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011928593
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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
state taking child poverty as case of study. I use the LIS Database and cross-nationally compare six countries: Brazil … assess in each country to what extent taxes and government transfers reduce the child poverty generated by the market. I use …: Wave VIII (2010), Wave XIX (2013) and Wave X (2016). I cross-nationally compare the relative child poverty at 40%, 50%, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013337584
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An Atkinson-Gini family of social evaluation functions : theory and illustration using data from the Luxembourg Income Study
Araar, Abdelkrim (contributor);  … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003335852
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Exactly how has income inequality changed? : Patterns of distributional change in core societies
Alderson, Arthur S. (contributor);  … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003335859
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The empirics of the median voter : democracy, redistribution and the role of the middle class
Scervini, Francesco - 2009
The paper investigates the effectiveness of the median voter as a decisive agent in the process of redistribution. According to the previous literature, it tests several assumptions finding interesting results: The positive relation between inequality and redistribution is confirmed, but the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881703
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The implications of cross-national policies for the relative incomes of families with children by family structure and parental education
Moller, Stephanie; Misra, Joya; Wemlinger, Elizabeth; … - 2013
Focusing on an array of European and North American welfare states between 1985 and 2005, we consider how welfare state policies are related to households' relative incomes, taking into account cross-national and temporal differences in income distributions. At the same time, we consider how two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727225
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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 percent reduction in the Gini index by taxes and...
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Does the profile of income inequality matter for economic growth?
Voitchovsky, Sara (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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State redistribution in comparative perspective : a cross-national analysis of the developed countries
Mahler, Vincent (contributor); Jesuit, David K. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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