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How Much does Work Matter for Inequality? Time, Money and Inequality in International Perspective

Osberg, Lars - 2002

.e. by differing probabilities of any employment? Across OECD countries there are large differences in the average level and … employment. The participation level is particularly important for inequality differences and there is persuasive evidence that … country attitudes to paid employment, particularly for women, differ significantly. This paper uses Luxembourg Income Study …

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Unemployment versus inactivity: An analysis of the earnings and labor force status of prime age men in France, the UK, and the US at the end of the 20th century

Bi?áková, Alena - 2005

negative effect on the wage of the low-skilled at the bottom of the wage distribution. With lower returns from employment, the …. The findings provide evidence against the commonly used argument that wage flexibility improves the employment prospects …

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The Economic Well-Being of Never- and Ever-Married Single Mother Families: A Cross National Comparison

Nichols-Casebolt, Ann; Krysik, Judy - 1995

This study addresses the effect of marital status on economic well-being by comparing the economic situation of never- and ever-married single mother families in the United States, Australia, Canada, and France. The paper presents cross-national, descriptive and analytic data on poverty levels,...

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Children in Large Families: Disadvantaged or Just Different?

Redmond, Gerry - 2000

' employment status is taken into account. The paper concludes by suggesting that there is a difference between help for families …

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To What Extent Do Family Policy and Social Assistance Transfers Equitably Reduce the Intensity of Child Poverty? A Comparison between the US, France, Great Britain and Luxembourg

Jeandidier, Bruno; Albiser, Etienne - 2001

Children do not control their socio-economic situation; they benefit or suffer from their parents' situation. In north European countries major social transfer schemes, depending on the presence of dependent children, answer to multiple objectives (birth rate support, reduced inequality in the...

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Trends of Poverty and Income Inequality in Cross-National Comparison

Ritakallio, Veli-Matti - 2001

Central Europe, 10% in Canada, 12.5% in the UK, and as high as 17.5% in the USA. All the countries included in the analysis … the income inequality for disposable incomes has practically not increased at all. Canada shows a parallel trend. The USA …

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Regional Poverty within the Rich Countries

Jesuit, David; Rainwater, Lee; Smeeding, Timothy - 2002

Using regional incomes as the reference group, disposable income poverty rates are computed for the two most recent waves of Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) data available for the following countries: Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In...

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Urban Poverty in Developed Countries

Brandolini, Andrea; Cipollone, Piero - 2002

In this paper we investigate the urban/rural dimension of poverty in developed countries. We provide original estimates for Italy, we gather published statistics for France and the United States, and we produce novel cross-country estimates from the LIS database. We show that the size of urban...

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The temporal welfare state: A crossnational comparison

Rice, James Mahmud; Goodin, Robert E.; Parpo, Antti - 2006

as one pleases, outside the necessities of everyday life. Using surveys from five countries (the USA, Australia, Germany …

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International comparisons of income distribution

Bazen, Stephen; Moyes, Patrick - 2003

When incorporating differences in household characteristics, the choice of equivalence scale can affect the ranking of income distributions. An alternative approach was pioneered by A.B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (G.R. Feiwel (Ed.), Arrow and the Foundation of the Theory of Economic Policy,...

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