, pensioners are compared on their poverty rates and inequality. The redistribution paradox states that poverty will be the highest … inequality in income is higher for men than for women both in Belgium and in the Netherlands. In order to minimize poverty and …) poverty rates are much higher than in the Netherlands (universal minimum pension). Poverty rates are higher for elderly women …

This study investigated whether earnings inequality is associated with social capital as measured by active membership … inequality was associated with lower values on both measures of social capital in 14 European countries. While causality in … either direction cannot be inferred from this result, it does suggest the possibility that earnings inequality negatively …