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Accounting for Income Distribution Trends : A Density Function Decomposition Approach

Jenkins, Stephen P.; van Kerm, Philippe - 2004

This paper develops methods for decomposing changes in the income distribution using subgroup decompositions of the income density function. Overall changes are related to changes in subgroup shares and changes in subgroup densities, where the latter are broken down further using elementary...

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Factor shares and income inequality - Empirical evidence from Germany 2002 - 2008

Adler, Martin; Schmid, Kai Daniel - 2012

We examine the interplay between changes in the functional distribution of income and the distribution of market income among households. We use micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel as well as macro data from the German Federal Statistical Office from 2002 to 2008. We categorize and...

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Unequal opportunities and human capital formation

Mejίa, Daniel; St-Pierre, Marc - 2005

This paper develops a tractable, heterogeneous agents general equilibrium model where individuals have different endowments of the factors that complement the schooling process. The paper explores the relationship between inequality of opportunities, inequality of outcomes, and efficiency in...

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Regional inequality in decentralized countries: a multi-country analysis using LIS

Martín-Román, Javier; Ayala, Luis; Vicente, Juan - 2017

The aim of this paper is to analyze the regional disparities of six decentralized countries using LIS microdata. In order to determine the extent of the territorial variable in the explanation of income inequality, we carry out two complementary analyses. On the one hand, we perform the...

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Quo vadis? Inequality and poverty dynamics across Russian regions

Yemtsov, Ruslan - 2003

regionally representative Household Budget Survey. The paper finds that the share of inequality in Russia coming from the between …

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From Bottom to Top: The Entire Distribution of Market Income in Germany, 1992-2001

Bach, Stefan; Corneo, Giacomo; Steiner, Viktor - 2007

We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period 1992 to 2001 on the basis of an integrated data set of individual tax returns and the German Socio-Economic Panel. The unique feature of this integrated data set is that it encompasses the whole spectrum of...

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Income distribution and the Great Depression

Belabed, Christian A. - 2015

, is rarely discussed. In this paper we discuss the rise of top-end inequality and its effects on household consumption … period of interest. We argue that income inequality is linked to the increase of household consumption and the simultaneous … decline of household savings as well as rapidly increasing household debt. Thus, the rise of top-end inequality in connection …

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Four engines of inequality

Franzini, Maurizio; Pianta, Mario - 2015

After much empirical documentation of patterns of inequality, we address in this paper the need for a convincing interpretation of the causes of inequality in advanced countries. We set the current debate in the context of the evolution of ideas on inequality, including the debate on Thomas...

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Gasto público, tributos e desigualdade de renda no Brasil

Medeiros, Marcelo; Souza, Pedro - 2013

Using a factor decomposition of the Gini coefficient we measure the contribution to inequality of direct monetary transfers to and from the Brazilian State. Among the transfers from the State are wages of public workers, pensions and social assistance; the transfers to the State are direct taxes....

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Unit labor costs in the eurozone

Felipe, Jesus; Kumar, Utsav - 2011

Current discussions about the need to reduce unit labor costs (especially through a significant reduction in nominal wages) in some countries of the eurozone (in particular, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain) to exit the crisis may not be a panacea. First, historically, there is no...

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