The Changing Distribution Of Earnings In Oecd Countries

Examining what people are paid and how pay differences have changed over time, this title presents new theories that challenge thinking on the impact of education, technology, globalization and the rigidity of labour markets.

This report provides evidence of a fairly generalised increase in income inequality over the past two decades across OECD countries, but the timing, intensity and causes of the increase differ from what is typically suggested in the media.

Presents evidence on changes in income distribution and poverty in 13 OECD countries over the two decades up to the first half of the 1990s. Analyse average incomes and poverty by household types, and shows that poverty has tended to shift from the old to the young: the retirement-age population has tended to do better, while younger households and households with children have become less well off.

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

This report provides new evidence on social mobility in the context of increased inequalities of income and opportunities in OECD and selected emerging economies. It covers the aspects of both, social mobility between parents and children and of personal income mobility over the life course, ...

This publication presents an internationally agreed framework to support the joint analysis of micro-level statistics on household income, consumption and wealth.