This paper examines the functional relationships between income inequality, economic factors, institutions, and Kuznets … combined effect on inequality is developed. The model is estimated using two popular measures of inequalitythe Gini coefficient … results provide support for Kuznets' hypothesis; however, the relationship between growth and inequality is conditioned by a …

redistribution in a comparative setting. We use micro-data from the Luxembourg Income Study to examine household market inequality … increase in primary household inequality in all 20 countries over the last 25 years (except Ireland). In most countries, the … income inequality, although they appear to have become less effective in doing so since the mid-1990s. We find that the …

inequality in several parts: we will distinguish 11 different benefits and several income taxes and social contributions in our … empirical investigation across countries. First, we use LIS data to analyze income inequality and the redistributive effect of … we decompose income inequality through several taxes and transfers. We analyze the redistributive effect of several …

This paper aims at measuring and analysing for the first time inequality in the distribution of expenditures among … decomposition of the Gini index through Shapley's approach, within-group inequality is greater than between-group inequality. These …

earnings and income inequality in the USA. Time-inconsistency problems related to top coding in theses data have led many … summary measure of inequality. With access to public use and restricted-access internal CPS data, and bounding methods, we … show that using P90/P10 does not completely obviate timeinconsistency problems, especially for household income inequality …