Growing Unequal? : Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Contributor:

SourceOECD (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employment (Economic theory).

Social issues, migration, health.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Growing Unequal? brings together a range of analyses on the distribution of economic resources in OECD countries. The evidence on income distribution and poverty covers, for the first time, all 30 OECD countries in the mid-2000s, while information on trends extending back to the mid-1980s is provided for around two-thirds of the countries. The report also describes inequalities in a range of domains (such as household wealth, consumption patterns, in-kind public services) that are typically excluded from conventional discussion about the distribution of economic resources among individuals and households. The report provides evidence of a fairly generalised increase in income inequality over the past two decades across the OECD, but the timing, intensity and causes of the increase differ from what is typically suggested in the media. Precisely how much inequality there is in a society is not determined randomly, nor is it beyond the power of governments to change, so long as they take note of the sort of up-to-date evidence included in this report. This report includes StatLinks, URLs linking tables and graphs in the book to Excel® spreadsheets containing the data.

Contents:

How Much Redistribution Do Governments Achieve? The Role of Cash Transfers and Household Taxes

Earnings and Income Inequality

Poverty in OECD Countries

Inequality in the Distribution of Economic Resources

Does Income Poverty Last Over Time? Evidence from Longitudinal Data

Non-income Poverty

The Distribution of Household Income in OECD Countries

Introduction

Changes in Demography and Living Arrangements

Intergenerational Mobility

How is Household Wealth Distributed? Evidence from the Luxembourg Wealth Study

Publicly-provided Services.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).

ISBN:

9789264044197

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.