We examine the relationship between changes in a country’s public sector fiscal position and inequality at the top and bottom of the income distribution during the age of austerity (2006–13). We use a parametric Lorenz curve model and Gini-like indices of inequality as our measures to assess...

The dual objectives of this paper are to present two inequality indices that provide a more nuanced picture of how the profile of inequality changed across European countries since 2005, and to use these indices to analyze the distributional changes that can be attributed to the push for...

We construct a theoretically-motivated model of income inequality. Through a pooled regression on an international panel, we demonstrate that political regime (whether extractive, redistributive, or reinvestment-oriented) correlates with within-country income inequality.