A growing income polarization and the related income spread takes more and more attention in the public debate. An … increase in the polarization of income is not only in terms of the social context and the feeling of injustice of enormous … great relevance. With an increasing income polarization the shape of the distribution changes such that both the upper and …

This chapter investigates how household income, income inequality, and poverty among urban residents in China have … developed since 1988, with an emphasis on the period from 2007 to 2013. We use data from the China Household Income Project …, expressed as the constant purchasing power, continued between 2007 and 2013. We also show that income growth from 2007 to 2013 …

and evaluates the feasibility to charge a rich tax to fight bracket creep for the income distribution in 2009. Using a tax …

determinants of annual income, which were found in agreeableness among male workers. Agreeableness seemed to contribute to annual … income in Japanese men, whereas it acted as a penalty in American men. In both countries, higher agreeableness tended to … translate into higher income for those working at large companies (1,000 employees or more) compared with those working at small …

’s cognitive and educational attainment is not obvious: on the one hand, children may benefit from higher levels of family income …

not experienced since the Great Depression. Concerns have arisen over the impacts on young adults’ employment, income …