Add to ORKGThe last two decades show an trend towards a less equal income distribution in OECD. There are many causes for this trend. This paper analysis whether changes in social security systems are one of these causes. For some OECD-countries we find a relationship between changing welfare state policies (as measured by expenditure ratios and replacement rates) and changing income inequality, but for others not. Especially the United Kingdom and the Netherlands combined an above average rise in inequality with a reduction in the generosity of the welfare system. For this reason we studied the case for the Netherlands in more detail. A budget incidence analysis for the period 1981-1997 indicates that changes in social policy indeed explain a large p...
This article uses internationally-comparable data on the distribution of income across households to...
One of the aims of Dutch regional policy is the reduction of existing differences in personal income...
This thesis provides a quantitative investigation into the effect of new social policy instruments o...
In most OECD-countries income inequality has increased during the last two decades. In this paper, w...
In most OECD-countries income inequality has increased during the last two decades. In this paper, w...
In most OECD-countries income inequality has increased during the last two decades. In this paper, w...
The recent rise in inequality in the distribution of disposable income in many, although not all, co...
This paper reviews the available evidence on post-war trends in Dutch private wealth inequality usin...
This paper reviews the available evidence on post-war trends in Dutch private wealth inequality usin...
This paper reviews the available evidence on post-war trends in Dutch private wealth inequality usin...
<p>This paper reviews the available evidence on post-war trends in Dutch private wealth inequality u...
We use data from the Luxembourg Income Study to examine household market inequality, redistribution,...
Social spending programs began to be implemented in the post-World War II period owing to the positi...
In most OECD countries the gap between rich and poor has widened over the past decades. This paper a...
There is much disagreement about both the facts and the explanations of income inequality. Even if w...
This article uses internationally-comparable data on the distribution of income across households to...
One of the aims of Dutch regional policy is the reduction of existing differences in personal income...
This thesis provides a quantitative investigation into the effect of new social policy instruments o...
In most OECD-countries income inequality has increased during the last two decades. In this paper, w...
In most OECD-countries income inequality has increased during the last two decades. In this paper, w...
In most OECD-countries income inequality has increased during the last two decades. In this paper, w...
The recent rise in inequality in the distribution of disposable income in many, although not all, co...
This paper reviews the available evidence on post-war trends in Dutch private wealth inequality usin...
This paper reviews the available evidence on post-war trends in Dutch private wealth inequality usin...
This paper reviews the available evidence on post-war trends in Dutch private wealth inequality usin...
<p>This paper reviews the available evidence on post-war trends in Dutch private wealth inequality u...
We use data from the Luxembourg Income Study to examine household market inequality, redistribution,...
Social spending programs began to be implemented in the post-World War II period owing to the positi...
In most OECD countries the gap between rich and poor has widened over the past decades. This paper a...
There is much disagreement about both the facts and the explanations of income inequality. Even if w...
This article uses internationally-comparable data on the distribution of income across households to...
One of the aims of Dutch regional policy is the reduction of existing differences in personal income...
This thesis provides a quantitative investigation into the effect of new social policy instruments o...