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 …

Income and earning inequality has been on the rise in most of the OECD and in many emerging economies since the 1980s …. This paper estimates a model of earnings inequality across OECD countries that incorporates determinants of relative demand … have exerted upward pressure on inequality. The estimated model is used to decompose historical changes in earning …

Luxembourg is a rich and fast-growing country. However, inequality of disposable incomes has trended up modestly over … inequality of market incomes is substantially reduced by large social transfers, but the risk of relative poverty still affects … tackle poverty traps would both reduce inequality and improve the labour supply of residents. Strong activation policies are …

-satisfaction. This paper reviews the social progress that Costa Rica has achieved and identifies reducing inequality and poverty as the … by raising their skill levels. This is the most effective way to get people out of poverty. Education is the area where …

The paper describes inequality trends in selected emerging economies (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, China, India …, Indonesia and South Africa) in a range of monetary (i.e. income) and non-monetary dimensions of people’s life (i.e. education … of living). To the extent made possible by the nature of available data, measures of income inequality for these emerging …

convergence and making it harder to reduce further the relatively high inequality and poverty. A comprehensive approach is … the education system is important. More and better-quality jobs in the formal sector, especially for the low-skilled, are …

country with among the highest levels of income inequality in the OECD and a pattern of inequality that appears to be moving … among the longest in the OECD are also creating challenges for work-life balances, child education, personal care and …-level policies improving access to health care and early-childhood education, state-level initiatives favouring workplace flexibility …

strengthened further, starting at the early school years, as not all children benefit from early childhood education and care …

potential reasons for persisting disparities and assesses recent policy initiatives to reduce them. Stark gaps in education …