many an argument for shifting the focus from income redistribution, which is said to equalize outcomes, to equalizing … redistribution can itself improve mobility even if that is the only objective. The paper thus speaks in praise of snapshots. …

inequality and mobility for demand for redistribution and social insurance. We model the size of two different public programs …, and the demand for redistribution crucially depend on the level of income inequality and mobility. -- redistribution … ; mobility ; inequality ; structure induced equilibrium …

and Europe. Rates and trends in absolute mobility varied dramatically across countries during this period: the US and … cross-cohort income inequality, were the primary driver of differing mobility rates across countries. We also demonstrate …

socio-economic status in different inequality and segregation contexts in four European countries: Sweden, the Netherlands … neighbourhoods are modest. In Estonia, which used to be one or the most equal and least segregated countries in Europe and now is one …

Many American policy analysts point to Denmark as a model welfare state with low levels of income inequality and high …

Income inequality is on the rise, and everyone, from President Obama and Pope Francis to Prince Charles and Standard … is as true in Canada as it is in almost all of the other rich countries where inequality has risen. In this paper I tell … two stories about inequality – one from the perspective of those who feel it is not a problem worth the worry, and the …

than the UK or USA (Mendolia and Siminski, 2016), status persistence for surnames is as high as that in England or the USA …

configuration of the forces determining the transmission of inequality across generations differs in spite of the fact that both of …