attention being paid to the very top of the income or wealth distribution. This contribution complements this with a study of … household. At the same time this brings in the (household distribution of) hours of work as an important new dimension of … complicate the linkages of wage inequality and income inequality and add to the importance of employee earnings for income …

Estimates of UK income inequality trends differ substantially according to whether estimates are based on household … marked increase in income inequality in the early 2000s that survey-based estimates do not reveal, and our conclusions are … robust to changes in the definitions of income, income-sharing unit, and summary inequality measure. In addition, our …

part of the dissertation explores risk-management strategies and investigates the income diversification patterns of farm … trafficking. Based on a household survey on human trafficking from Belarus, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania and Ukraine, the analysis … income or consumption, they are likely to perpetuate poverty and reduce economic growth in the longer run. Consequently …

policies that distinguish between low effort and low productivity by targeting individuals with low wages rather than …

aspects relevant to analysis of the distribution of household income. I discuss BHPS design features and how data on net … household income are derived. The BHPS net household income definition is modelled on that used in Britain's official personal …This paper provides a self-contained introduction to the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), concentrating on …

Using data on annual individual labor income from three representative panel datasets (German SOEP, British BHPS … harmonization of (income) data production as well as of imputation strategies across surveys. All three panels make use of … for variability and complexity of labor income composition appear to be relevant. Secondly, longitudinal analyses yield a …

Using data on annual individual labor income from three representative panel datasets (German SOEP, British BHPS … harmonization of (income) data production as well as of imputation strategies across surveys. All three panels make use of …

In this paper we use newly compiled top income share data to estimate common breaks and trends across countries over … seem to be as clear cut as previously suggested. Some continental European countries have had increases in top income … display a marked "Anglo-Saxon" pattern, with sharply increased top income shares. Unlike in the Anglo-Saxon countries, however …

We use important new training information from waves 8-10 of the British Household Panel Survey to document the various … forms of work-related training received by men and women over the period 1998-2000, and to estimate their impact on wages … estimate the impact of training – controlling for its financing method – on wages levels and wages growth. We find that …