The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...

For the purpose of studying the consequences of the ageing of the Swedish population a group of scientists have enlarged the microsimulation model SESIM - originally developed at the Swedish Ministry of Finance - with modules that simulate health status, take up of sickness benefits, retirement,...

This article reviews the distribution of income and wealth in the US from three basic perspectives that tend to be otherwise overlooked if the subject is framed primarily on the basis of the gross statistics: a) quantity and quality of work effort; b) quantity and quality of capital...

Since Aristotle, a vast literature has suggested that economic inequality has important political consequences. Higher inequality is thought to increase demand for government income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization and promote class conflict and revolution in...

Since Aristotle, a vast literature has suggested that economic inequality has important political consequences. Higher inequality is thought to increase demand for government income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization and promote class conflict and revolution in...

Over the past years, the financial situation and the retirement prospects of the so-called babyboomers (people born during the demographic Post-World War II baby-boom) have become source of public concern and has attracted a great deal of attention in the US. In Germany, on the contrary, the...

Die Verfasser untersuchen, inwiefern die vom Gesetzgeber 2005 verabschiedete und sukzessiv eingeführte nachgelagerte Besteuerung von Alterseinkünften bis 2040 sowohl die Höhe des Einkommensteueraufkommens als auch den Aufkommensanteil von Menschen im Rentenalter beeinflussen wird. Dabei wird...

Die Verfasser untersuchen, inwiefern die vom Gesetzgeber 2005 verabschiedete und sukzessiv eingeführte nachgelagerte Besteuerung von Alterseinkünften bis 2040 sowohl die Höhe des Einkommensteueraufkommens als auch den Aufkommensanteil von Menschen im Rentenalter beeinflussen wird. Dabei wird...

Social security programs generally seek to provide insurance and to reduce poverty and inequality. Providing insurance requires little redistribution. But reducing inequality and alleviating poverty do require redistribution. To reduce inequality, programs must redistribute income, but...