, especially in crises. This procyclicality is desirable from a political perspective and has a welfare- enhancing effect by, for …

the post-tax income distribution in the US. First, all incomes are cyclical and co-move with the business cycle. Second …

consumption. We document that greater concentration of (after-tax) income in the top decile is associated with a significantly …

The Great Recession had a tremendous impact on low-income Americans, in particular black and Latino Americans. The … in overall economic well-being and inequality as well as changes in racial economic inequality over the Great Recession …, during the Great Recession racial inequality in terms of the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) decreased …

recession, resulting in a substantial rise in unemployment, and income and wealth inequality. This paper uses longitudinal data …

The Great Recession and the widespread adoption of fiscal austerity policies have heightened concern about inequality … and how well tax-benefit systems redistribute. We examine how the distribution of income in the EU countries which were … hardest hit during the recession evolved over this time. Using and extending a recently developed framework (Savage et al …

before, during and after the great recession (2004-2017). Linear regressions, which make use of ex-post Gini coefficients … controlling for a possible impact from the great recession as well as from EU membership. …