intra-household inequality magnifies or hampers the redistributive effect of the transfers, when the policy-maker focuses on … the inequality at the individual level. Depending on the type of the transfer, three properties capturing the idea that …

evidence of declining income inequality in the period -traditionally considered the industrial 'take-off' phase of Italy- we … economic development. Although contemporary inequality is much lower than early 20th-century figures, the 'real' wealth of …

inequality through a real-world policy, rather than experimental treatments, may trigger only marginal changes in support for …

Disposable income inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient and using Family Budget Survey data, increased very … inequality due to changes in the wage earnings component is mitigated by changes in the tax and transfer components in both … in the tax component to lowering the growth of inequality in the Czech Republic, while the reverse was true for Slovakia. …

intra-household inequality magnifies or hampers the redistributive effect of the transfers, when the policy-maker focuses on … the inequality at the individual level. Depending on the type of the transfer, three properties capturing the idea that …

correlation between inequality and mobility. In Prieto et al. (2008), a significant positive relationship was found at the …A necessary condition for mobility to reduce the popular desire for redistribution is a significant positive … mobility is decomposed into three terms: growth, dispersion and exchange. We show that this positive relationship is robust by …

In a number of high-income countries over the past few decades there has been a large growth in income inequality and … an appropriate response to rising inequality is a shift towards a more progressive multi-bracket income tax system, with …

This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large … about 2/3 of the value of the Gini coefficient of annual earnings. Within cohorts, mobility in the distribution of yearly …. Earnings data for thirty-one cohorts reveals striking evidence of a secular rise of intra-generational inequality in lifetime …