Statistical income surveys are used to document systemic changes in distribution and redistribution of household income … fourth part documents the increased redistribution of income achieved through taxes and social benefits. The fifth part …

I examine the question whether social insurance is an appropriate means of redistribution in the presence of an …

between income inequality and redistribution. Then, it introducesthree specifications to endogenize ERI. In these various … common element in these variousspecifications. While income inequality increases the pressure for redistribution it … empirical evidencefor a positive relationship between income inequality and redistribution.The second substantive essay …

coefficient, but is exogenous to any behavioral response. Analyzing the effect of this redistribution index on inequality, I find … redistribution and inequality. … move between regions, causing pre-tax wages to adjust? This question is relevant both in across states in the United States …

period, and inequality is persistent. Inflation in our model is a mechanism of redistribution, and we find that the link …In this paper we examine the dynamics of the link between inequality and inflation from a political economy perspective … between inequality and inflation within any period or over time depends on institutional and preference related parameters …

investigate a) the distribution of income among farm households, b) the sources that contribute to income inequality, and c) the … role of farm program payments in equalizing income. Results show a high but declining income inequality between 1996 and … 2001. Among the income components that contributed the most to income inequality was an income component labeled Income …

institutional determinants, de-unionisation has had an adverse effect on income inequality, whereas higher minimum wages have …Recent interest has been stimulated by the growth of income inequality in most developed countries during the 1980s and … development. This article uses a measure of income inequality derived from taxation statistics and a recently proposed method for …

This paper focuses on the causes of increased wage inequality in OECD countries in recent years and its decomposition … wages literature. It argues that the length of production run and degree of fixity of factors is crucial in such analyses …. In particular, if the observed wage inequality response to price and technology shocks reflects a short-run response in …