The Causes of Growing Inequalities in OECD Countries December 2011, 400 pages ISBN 978-92-64-11163-9 www.oecd.org/bookshop?9789264111639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264119536-en €75
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In the three decades leading to the recent economic downturn, wage gaps have widened and household income inequality has 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 the extent to which economic globalisation, skill-based 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. Also available: Growing Unequal Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries October 2008 ISBN 978-92-64-04418-0 www.oecd.org/bookshop?9789264044180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264044197-en €70 $98 £63 ¥9 100
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