it is a key policy lever for income redistribution. This paper analyses how income distribution patterns changed in Spain … before and after the crisis using the personal income tax samples constructed by the Spanish Institute of Fiscal Studies for … the period 2002 to 2011. We find that the top and bottom of the income distribution gained the most from the boom period …

contribution to inequality and poverty in Sweden, but occupy only limited space in the income inequality debate. To fill this gap … certain characteristics by their population shares in 1987 to construct counterfactual income distributions for 2013 and …

recession, resulting in a substantial rise in unemployment, and income and wealth inequality. This paper uses longitudinal data … from the Survey of Household Finances over the period 2002 to 2014 to examine the distributions of income and wealth in … both income and wealth following the sharp decline in house prices that occurred since 2008, with house price fluctuations …

family structures and migration. Living standards increased for all groups, but social benefits rose less than earned income … income shifting, increased inequality. Low intergenerational income mobility in the very top of the income distribution is a …

This paper analyses income inequality in Ireland using a new panel dataset based on the administrative tax records of … be driven by both ends of the income distribution. An analysis of income mobility over time shows it has been low at both … ends of the income distribution, though it increased at the low end once the crisis began, reflecting the sharp …