through 2006, and its debt-income ratio rose dramatically, unlike the ratio for the top 5 percent. In the Great Recession, the …

The Great Recession had a tremendous impact on low-income Americans, in particular black and Latino Americans. The … in overall economic well-being and inequality as well as changes in racial economic inequality over the Great Recession …, during the Great Recession racial inequality in terms of the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) decreased …

The Great Recession and the widespread adoption of fiscal austerity policies have heightened concern about inequality … and how well tax-benefit systems redistribute. We examine how the distribution of income in the EU countries which were … hardest hit during the recession evolved over this time. Using and extending a recently developed framework (Savage et al …

The Great Recession and the widespread adoption of fiscal austerity policies have heightened concern about inequality … and how well tax-benefit systems redistribute. We examine how the distribution of income in the EU countries which were … hardest hit during the recession evolved over this time. Using and extending a recently developed framework (Savage et al …

through 2006, and its debt- income ratio rose dramatically, unlike the ratio for the top 5 percent. In the Great Recession …

Tax-benefit policies affect household incomes through two main channels: discretionary policy changes and automatic … stabilisers. Although a large body of literature has studied the impact of tax-benefit policy changes on incomes, little is known … growing disparity in gross (pre-tax) market incomes. Inequality reduction was achieved mainly through policy changes to …

both in the build up to, and during the Great Recession. The Irish case is particularly interesting because it has been one … workers in Ireland taken from tax returns, which are free of reporting error. We find a substantial degree of downward wage …