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contribution to inequality and poverty in Sweden, but occupy only limited space in the income inequality debate. To fill this gap …, we put a quarter of a century of rising inequality in Sweden in a new perspective by quantifying the effect of changing … household composition, age structure, industry structure, educational attainment and immigration on inequality. The influence of …
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We analyse the different fiscal treatment of married and cohabiting couples across all EU Member States using microsimulation methods. Our paper highlights important differences across EU countries' tax-benefit systems, where seven countries show substantial bonuses for married couples and four...
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across G20 economies and its far-reaching implications for economic growth, productivity, inequality within and between …
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also who moves up and down the income ladder over time. While income inequality has increased in most OECD countries, in … progressive taxation has also reduced the top 1 per cent’s share of disposable income. This paper finds that income inequality … to greater income inequality but also higher upward income mobility. Indeed, the analysis in the paper shows upward …
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residential mobility? iv) Is there a link between homeownership and wealth inequality? Between inequality in housing wealth and in … distribution. Another important issue is whether housing-related policies raise potential trade-offs between equity, or inequality …
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investigate how this expansion affected income inequality within European regions by separating the trade pressure experienced in … increase of inequality that is concentrated mostly in the lower part of regional income distributions. We determine a … significant channeling of the trade pressure to income inequality through the shrinking manufacturing sector, the increasing …
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recession, resulting in a substantial rise in unemployment, and income and wealth inequality. This paper uses longitudinal data …
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The rate of homeownership is close to the OECD average in Luxembourg. However, strong house price increases, mainly driven by population growth and limited housing supply, led to a deterioration in affordability of housing, in particular for the young and added to the wealth gap between...
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Mainstream monitoring of income dynamics and inequality is based on summary measures that can miss important phenomena … countries. We exploit the scale-independence property of proper inequality metrics to evaluate not only the total but also the … inequality-affecting (shape-in uenced) convergence of distributions. …
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The strength of the German labour market response to the financial crisis of 2008-09 demonstrated the benefits of past labour market reforms, which raised work incentives, improved job matching and increased working hour flexibility. Going forward, the government should build on this success and...
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