these tax, transfer and minimum wage reforms on income inequality and poverty based on a microsimulation approach using …Atkinson's book Inequality: What Can Be Done? (Harvard University Press, 2015) sets out a range of concrete proposals … aimed at reducing income inequality, which cover a very broad span but include major changes to the income tax and social …

inequality decomposition technique, we show that the rising inequality between 1991 and 2005 was, for the most part, driven by …We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality …, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005, which is followed by falling inequality thereafter. Using an …

inequality decomposition technique, we show that the rising inequality between 1991 and 2005 was, for the most part, driven by …We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality …, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005, which is followed by falling inequality thereafter. Using an …

Earnings Survey (GSES), a variance decomposition of earnings inequality reveals that hours inequality and the covariance …This paper studies the relationship between inequalities in working hours and overall earnings inequality in Germany … between wages and hours become more important over time in determining earnings inequality. Based on unconditional quantile …

of disposable income which combines quantile decomposition, simulation techniques and structural labor supply estimation …. This allows us to examine the implications of the gender wage gap for income inequality and working incentives. We …

of disposable income which combines quantile decomposition, simulation techniques and structural labor supply estimation …. This allows us to examine the implications of the gender wage gap for income inequality and working incentives. We …

This paper analyses the level of inequality in Spain and how it evolved over the course of the past crisis and the … and wealth inequality, and studies how they have developed. The analysis shows less wage dispersion in Spain than in other … inequality in per capita income. The level of inequality in Spain is more moderate when total gross household income is analysed …

The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond … research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap … in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …

A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We … rates. Our analysis is based on a microsimulation model that accounts for the interactions between wages, the tax …