- Description
- 388 p. : ill.; 21x28cm.
- Summary
- In the three decades to the recent economic downturn, wage gaps widened and household income inequality as measured by GINI increased in a large majority of OECD countries. This occurred even when countries were going through a period of sustained economic and employment growth. This report analyses the major underlying forces behind these developments. It examines to which extent economic globalisation, skill-biased technological progress and institutional and regulatory reforms have had an impact on the distribution of earnings. The report further provides evidence of how changes in family formation and household structures have altered household earnings and income inequality. And it documents how tax and benefit systems have changed in the ways they redistribute household incomes. The report discusses which policies are most promising to counter increases in inequalities and how the policy mix can be adjusted when public budgets are under strain. "Analyses rely on simple statistical techniques that are accessible to a large readership... the graphic and charts are of great help to gain a quick visual grasp of the various issues addressed." -Choice
- Subjects
- Contents
- Foreword -- Editorial: Mind the gap -- An Overview of Growing Income Inequalities in OECD Countries -- Special Focus -- Trends in Wage Inequality, Economic Globalisation and Labour Market Policies and Institutions -- The Impact of Economic Globalisation and Changes in Policies and Institutions on Rising Earnings Inequality -- Inequality Between the Employed and the Non-employed -- Hours Worked, Self-Employment and Joblessness as Ingredients of Earnings Inequality -- Trends in Household Earnings Inequality -- From Household Earnings to Disposable Household Income Inequality -- Changes in Redistribution in OECD Countries Over Two Decades -- The Distributive Impact of Publicly Provided Services -- Trends in Top Incomes and Their Tax Policy Implications.
- ISBN
- 9789264119536
- LCCN
- 10.1787/9789264119536-en
- OCLC
- oecd-lib
- Author
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Title
Divided We Stand [electronic resource]: Why Inequality Keeps Rising / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2011.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Social Issues/Migration/Health
Economics
Employment
- Other Editions:
Toujours plus d'inégalité : Pourquoi les écarts de revenus se creusent 9789264119550 fre
Divided We Stand: Why Inequality Keeps Rising (Korean version) 9789264184855 kor
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/9789264119536-en doi