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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

Previous sociological research has overlooked the fact that a welfare state’s tax system does not solely redistribute from rich to poor (vertical) but also between family types (horizontal). Different types of families are treated differently due to (de-)familialization policies in the tax...

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

Neugschwender, Jörg - 2015

This paper analyses major pension system regulation in four European countries: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It is focused on the government's and social partner's efforts to provide old-age security benefits, and how these regulatory approaches have shaped the current...

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Paradoxes of social policy : welfare transfers, relative poverty and redistribution preferences

Brady, David; Bostic, Amie - 2014

Korpi and Palme's (1998) classic "The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality" claims that universal … preferences for redistribution. We analyze rich democracies like Korpi and Palme, but also generalize to a broader sample of … transfer share and universalism; b) redistribution preferences are negatively associated with low-income targeting; and c …

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Relative income poverty rates and poverty alleviation via tax/benefit systems in 49 LIS countries, 1967 2016

Caminada, Koen; Wang, Jinxian; Goudswaard, Kees Pieter; … - 2019

Budget Incidence Fiscal Redistribution Dataset on Relative Income Poverty (LLBIFR Dataset on Relative Income Poverty 2019 …

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The end of welfare states as we know them? : a multidimensional perspective

Sowula, Jakub; Gehrig, Franziska; Scruggs, Lyle A.; … - 2023 - Revised in December 2023

This article highlights the limitations of unidimensional analyses in the comparative welfare state literature and emphasises the need for a more holistic, multidimensional approach incorporating social spending, welfare state outputs, and outcomes. To illustrate the utility of a...

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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...

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Pathways toward inclusive income growth : a comparative decomposition of national growth profiles

Parolin, Zachary; Gornick, Janet C. - 2020 - Revised in September 2021

Despite rising interest in income inequality, scholars remain divided over the mechanisms most amenable to inclusive income growth, how these mechanisms vary across country, and the trade-offs between levels and inclusivity of growth. This study introduces the concept of national growth...

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Work-family reconciliation policies and women's and mothers' labor market outcomes in rich democracies

Brady, David; Blome, Agnes; Kmec, Julie A. - 2018

Prominent research has claimed that work-family reconciliation policies trigger "tradeoffs" and "paradoxes" in terms of gender equality with adverse labor market consequences for women. These claims have greatly influenced debates regarding social policy, work, family, and gender inequality....

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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...

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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 …

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