“…By controlling for country-specific and time fixed effects, and by separating age and cohorts effects, we prove that educational inequality respond to educational reforms, identifying educational policies (like later entry into compulsory education or introduction of standardised tests) capable to reduce income inequalities thirty years later."…”

“…"This thesis is an empirical investigation of the relationship between income inequality and redistribution and their impact on the poorest segment of population. …”

“…We find that the link between globalization and income inequality differs across different groups of countries. …”

“…Income inequality is measured by Solt’s pre tax/transfer and the post tax/transfer Gini indices. …”

“…While increases in income inequality in the 1950s and the 1960s still led to growth-promoting effects, current studies increasingly identify growth-dampening effects. …”

“…In most countries redistribution within household, through the social safety net and through direct taxes has been largely successful in offsetting the effect on income inequality of increased earnings inequality caused by the rise in unemployment in this pre-austerity period. …”

“…First, happiness and income inequality are correlated in the expected direction; high income inequality correlates with a smaller share of happy people and a higher share of unhappy people. …”

“…"This paper analyses the extent of income inequality and opportunity inequality in 25 European countries. …”

“…While the displacement of workers from manufacturing to services in advanced economies has coincided with a rise in labor income inequality, this increase was mainly driven by larger disparities in earnings within all sectors."…”

“…"Countries differ widely with respect to the level of labour income inequality among individuals of working age. Labour income inequality is shaped by differences in wage rates, hours worked and inactivity rates. …”

“…In recent years, the question whether income inequality affects health has received a growing scholarly interest and has been repeatedly scrutinized empirically. …”

“…The more traditional way of answering this question is to compare two or more comparable cross sections and gauge changing income inequality among countries or individuals. A newer way is to utilize data on a panel of countries or a panel of people and assess the pattern of panel income changes. …”

“…In this paper, we argue that income inequality should always be analyzed with respect to both the personal and the functional distribution of income. …”

“…I employ panel data covering 28 OECD countries between 1960 and 2010 to analyze the impact of globalization on a set of labor market outcomes (transmission channels) and to test how these translate into a greater (or smaller) income inequality. Overall, the empirical findings do not indicate that international trade and capital mobility raise income differences in industrialized countries. …”

“…Using the IMF’s multi-sector Government Finance Statistics Yearbook database, this paper tests the impact of decentralized redistribution on income inequality for a globally representative sample of countries since 1980. …”

“…"We review the survey and experimental findings in the literature on attitudes to income inequality. We interpret the latter as any disparity in incomes between individuals. …”