Income inequality and relative poverty in the United States are among the highest in the OECD and have substantially … of growth. The present paper analyses the causes of US income inequality and relative poverty in an OECD context … degree, high income inequality is attributable to the large dispersion of earned income, which should be addressed by …

direct taxes targeted to the rich. While fiscal policy always reduces inequality, this is not the case with poverty. Fiscal … policy increases poverty in Brazil and Colombia (over and above market income poverty) due to high consumption taxes on basic …

living standards. Some groups face a higher risk of poverty and laid-off workers can have difficulty finding a new job. Well …

Income inequality in Colombia has declined since the early 2000s but remains very high by international standards …. Reducing income inequality is a key government objective and this requires improving the performance of the labour market …

Marriage is one of the most important determinants of economic prosperity, yet most existing theories of inequality …

recession, resulting in a substantial rise in unemployment, and income and wealth inequality. This paper uses longitudinal data …

also who moves up and down the income ladder over time. While income inequality has increased in most OECD countries, in … progressive taxation has also reduced the top 1 per cent’s share of disposable income. This paper finds that income inequality … to greater income inequality but also higher upward income mobility. Indeed, the analysis in the paper shows upward …

We use detailed information on all real estate stock and transactions since 2006 to study housing inequality in Belgium … then estimate inequality in value or space at different levels of aggregation - from the federal to the local neighborhood … level. Overall inequality is relatively low (Gini of 0.25), but significant heterogeneity exists across and within …