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Relative income distribution in six European countries : market and disposable income
Petrarca, Ilaria; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2015
The relationship between income inequality and polarization is an empirical fact: a change in equality might occur together with a change in polarization. At the same time, polarization might emerge while inequality remains constant. The outcome of this process entails relevant information about...
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Preferences for redistribution in Europe
Olivera, Javier - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 14, pp. 1-18
empirical support. This study shows that, at least in Europe, growing income inequality leads to more individual support for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417134
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Redistribution in the age of austerity : evidence from Europe, 2006-13
Schneider, Markus; Kinsella, Stephen; Godin, Antoine - 2015
We examine the relationship between changes in a country’s public sector fiscal position and inequality at the top and bottom of the income distribution during the age of austerity (2006–13). We use a parametric Lorenz curve model and Gini-like indices of inequality as our measures to assess...
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Perceived social position and income inequality : do they move together? : evidence from Europe and the United States
Ricci, Chiara Assunta - 2016
The match between perception and reality can depend on many different elements across societies over time, but subjective and objective dimensions are both relevant particularly in social class analysis. The aim of this paper is to investigate perceived social position and income inequality in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011484327
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Justice profiles in Europe : major differences in evaluation of inequality
Moya, Cristóbal; Adriaans, Jule - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 12 (2022) 9/10, pp. 67-73
active working population in Europe: critics, altruists, the deprived, and status quo supporters. These groups differ in …
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A comparison of earnings justice throughout Europe : widespread approval in Germany for income distribution according to need and equity
Adriaans, Jule; Eisnecker, Philipp; Liebig, Stefan - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 44/45, pp. 397-404
and the rest of Europe based on recent data from the European Social Survey (ESS). The vast majority of European … considered too high in Germany than they are in the rest of Europe. Nearly half of Europeans believe their own gross earned … correlation is particularly strong in Germany. Respondents in Europe, and especially in Germany, generally consider it fair that …
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Vertical and horizontal redistribution : the cases of Western and Eastern Europe
Bussolo, Maurizio; Krolage, Carla; Makovec, Mattia; … - 2019
European countries have the world’s most redistributive tax and transfer systems. While they have been well equipped to deal with vertical inequality - that is, fostering redistribution from the rich to the poor - less is known about their performance in dealing with horizontal inequality,...
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Inequality in Europe : Reality, Perceptions, and Hopes
Faggian, Alessandra; Michelangeli, Alessandra; Tkach, … - 2022
Is actual inequality accurately translated into people’s perceptions, and what are the genuine hopes of citizens? Our contribution offers insights into how the reality and two subjective dimensions of inequality, namely perceptions, and desires, interact. Using data from the Eurobarometer, we...
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Income inequality in Europe : reality, perceptions, and hopes
Faggian, Alessandra; Michelangeli, Alessandra; Tkach, … - In: Research in globalization 6 (2023), pp. 1-15
Is actual income inequality accurately translated into people's perceptions, and what are the genuine hopes of citizens? Our contribution offers insights into how the reality and two subjective dimensions of income inequality, namely perceptions, and desires, interact. Using data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014331395
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Do welfare state taxes and transfers reduce gender income inequality? : evidence from eight European countries
Avram, Silvia; Popova, Daria - 2020
We complement the institutional literature on gender and the welfare state by examining how taxes and transfers affect the incomes of men and women. Using microsimulation and intra-household income splitting rules, we measure the differences in the level and composition of individual disposable...
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