Arbeitspapier
Inequality patterns in western-type democracies: Cross-country differences and time changes
This paper compares levels and trends in income inequality in industrialized nations. In the mid-1990s, the United States had the highest overall level of inequality of any rich OECD nation, while Northern and Central European countries had the lowest levels. Using a variety of national sources, no common trend is observed in the last quarter of a century. The inequality of disposable incomes increased in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1980s, and in Sweden and Finland in the 1990s; it rose somewhat in the late 1990s in Canada and the Federal Republic of Germany, but it showed no persistently upward trend in the Netherlands, France and Italy. The paper shows the importance of public redistribution in determining the inequality of disposable income.
- Sprache
-
Englisch
- Erschienen in
-
Series: LIS Working Paper Series ; No. 458
- Klassifikation
-
Wirtschaft
- Thema
-
Einkommensverteilung
Verteilungsgerechtigkeit
OECD-Staaten
- Ereignis
-
Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
-
Brandolini, Andrea
Smeeding, Timothy M.
- Ereignis
-
Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
-
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
- (wo)
-
Luxembourg
- (wann)
-
2007
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
-
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
Datenpartner
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Brandolini, Andrea
- Smeeding, Timothy M.
- Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
Entstanden
- 2007
Ähnliche Objekte (12)
Factor components of inequality: Cross-country differences and time changes
Cross-Country Inequality Trends
Mass–elite differences in new democracies
Cross-country differences in monetary policy transmission
Trade Openness and Cross-country Income Differences
Cross-country differences in monetary policy transmission
Explaining cross-country differences in contact rates
Informal institutions and cross-country income differences
The political economy of inequality in rich democracies
Cross-country differences in homeownership: A cultural phenomenon?
Sectoral Okun's Law and Cross-Country Cyclical Differences
Firm-embedded productivity and cross-country income differences
Factor components of inequality: Cross-country differences and time changes
Cross-Country Inequality Trends
Mass–elite differences in new democracies
Cross-country differences in monetary policy transmission
Trade Openness and Cross-country Income Differences
Cross-country differences in monetary policy transmission
Explaining cross-country differences in contact rates
Informal institutions and cross-country income differences
The political economy of inequality in rich democracies
Cross-country differences in homeownership: A cultural phenomenon?
Sectoral Okun's Law and Cross-Country Cyclical Differences
Firm-embedded productivity and cross-country income differences
Factor components of inequality: Cross-country differences and time changes
Cross-Country Inequality Trends
Mass–elite differences in new democracies
Cross-country differences in monetary policy transmission
Trade Openness and Cross-country Income Differences
Cross-country differences in monetary policy transmission
Explaining cross-country differences in contact rates
Informal institutions and cross-country income differences
The political economy of inequality in rich democracies
Cross-country differences in homeownership: A cultural phenomenon?
Sectoral Okun's Law and Cross-Country Cyclical Differences