Increased Income Inequality in OECD Countries and the Redistributive Impact of the Government Budget

Inequality Growth and Poverty in an Era of Liberalization and Globalization

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Atkinson, Anthony B ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canada; Demography; Economic conditions; Europe; Finland; Government budget; Government policy; Income distribution; Income inequality; Inequality; OECD; Organization for economic cooperation and development; Personal taxation; Policy changes; Redistribution; Redistributive taxes; Sweden; Taxes; Taxes and transfers; UK; Unemployment; Unemployment benefit; US; Wage dispersion; West Germany

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849129630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199271410.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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