experienced an unprecedented rise in net equivalized income inequality and poverty. At the same time, unemployment rose to record … inequality in employment outcomes, as well as of idiosyncratic changes such as tax reforms. -- income inequality ; poverty … ; unemployment ; kernel density estimation …

experienced an unprecedented rise in net equivalized income inequality and poverty. At the same time, unemployment rose to record …

Germany. Although the reductionof income inequality and poverty were emphasized as policy goals of the of minimumwage …. Based on data from the German Socio-EconomicPanel we analyze changes in wage and income inequality, poverty, and … moreeffective in reducing inequality and poverty …

OECD. We first model the wage determination process and show that unemployment, the labour share, and the wage differential … is ambiguous. Stronger unions and/or a more generous unemployment benefit tend to reduce inequality through reduced wage … differentials, a higher labour share, and also higher unemployment. We then use a panel of OECD countries for the period 1970-96 to …

share, and the unemployment rate, hence labour market institutions are an essential determinant of the distribution of …, second, that stronger unions and a more generous unemployment benefit tend to reduce income inequality. High capital …