Income Inequality In Oecd Countries: What Are The Drivers And Policy Options?

Peter Hoeller, Isabelle Joumard, Isabell Koske (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

236 Seiten

2014
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd (Verlag)
9789814518512 (ISBN)

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This book provides a comprehensive review of income inequality issues in the OECD in a cross-country setting. It presents a wealth of data and analysis on the formation of inequality and identifies groups of countries that share similar inequality patterns. It also reviews developments at the extremes of the income distribution, namely poverty, top incomes as well as the distribution of wealth. An important contribution of the book is the careful examination of the determinants of the income distribution, such as globalisation and technical progress as well as the effect of a wide range of economic policies that shape the distribution of income. These include in particular labour market regulations, household taxes and transfers as well as in-kind public services. It also sheds light on an under-researched issue: do policies aimed at boosting economic growth raise or reduce income inequality?

Introduction; Mapping Inequality Across the OECD; The Distribution of Labour Income; Income Redistribution via Taxes and Transfers; Poverty; Top Incomes; The Distribution of Wealth; Conclusion: Growth-Enhancing Policies and Inequality.

Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-13	9789814518512 / 9789814518512
Zustand	Neuware