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Additional authors

1. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Description

1. 308 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Summary

1. 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.

Alternative title

1. Income distribution and poverty in OECD countries.
2. Income distribution and poverty in OECD countries

Subject

1. OECD
2. OECD
3. Income distribution > OECD countries
4. Poverty > OECD countries

Contents

1. Introduction -- The Distribution of Household Income in OECD Countries -- Changes in Demography and Living Arrangements -- Earnings and Income Inequality -- How Much Redistribution Do Governments Achieve? The Role of Cash Transfers and Household Taxes -- Poverty in OECD Countries -- Does Income Poverty Last Over Time? Evidence from Longitudinal Data -- Non-income Poverty -- Intergenerational Mobility -- Publicly-provided Services -- How is Household Wealth Distributed? Evidence from the Luxembourg Wealth Study -- Inequality in the Distribution of Economic Resources.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. Also published in French under the title: Croissance et inégalités : distribution des revenus et pauvreté dans les pays de l'OCDE.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

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