Income inequality has been on the rise—or stagnant at best—in most countries since the early 1980s (OECD, 2008). Often, this flies in the face of the two theories most commonly used to predict ...

Over the past two decades, fiscal policy reduced inequality by about one-third in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. Fiscal policy has also tended to have a larger ...

for some of our countries inequality increased. Inequality indicators are different ways of measuring aggregate differences in income distribution. The Gini index, as well as the 90/10 ratio, are some ...

Chile has some of the worst social indicators of the 34 countries that make up the ... have also been the third highest in the OECD. Income inequality in Chile is the highest in the OECD (with ...

What factors affect the impact of safety nets on poverty and inequality ... social pensions provide an alternative source of income for elderly adults who are not covered by contributory schemes.

Finland has been the happiest country on earth for the past six years, according to the World Happiness Survey. This survey ...

From Thomas F Remington, Goodrich C White Professor of Political Science (Emeritus), Emory University; Visiting Professor of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US ...

They learn about how to conceptualise living standards, inequality, poverty, and social mobility ... The first half of the course focuses on univariate monetary measures of economic wellbeing notably ...

People living in Australia have better health outcomes and face less inequality compared to other high-income countries in the ... to other English-speaking OECD nations. Health economist Martin ...