This paper presents a systematic empirical characterization of income distribution in Chile. Such characterization … high inequality in income distribution and to assess the impact of different social policies dealing with poverty …. Segmented sectors seem to be a crucial feature that is generally overlooked in the traditional analysis of income distribution …

This paper presents a non-parametric microsimulation methodology for assessing the determinants of changes in income … conditions and the full household income distribution. The paper also shows how the method can be adapted to assess the poverty …

explored using country-level data from the Luxembourg Income Study. The findings show that simultaneous precision plays an …

in the family's income. Instead, most families' welfare ratios decline steadily across the family life cycle until …

This paper contributes to understand the microeconomic determinants of household income dynamics in poverty and … income distribution and poverty would change as a result of a different set of microsimulations. In particular, the … exercises, the distribution of income appears less sensitive, and is therefore more stable. In particular, we can state that a …

New York State alone. 46 percent of dollars received by house- holds with annual income above the poverty line are not …