IZA Discussion Papers

published in a special issue of the Journal of Economic Inequality, honouring the work of Sir Anthony “Tony” Atkinson. DOI 10.1007/s10888-017-9366-6. Also available as OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11157

Is Inequality of Opportunity Robust to the Measurement Approach?

Xavier Ramos, Dirk Van de gaer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11150

Urban Consumption Inequality in China, 1995–2013

Qingjie Xia, Shi Li, Lina Song

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11143

Immigrant Locations and Native Residential Preferences: Emerging Ghettos or New Communities?

Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Albert Saiz

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2019, 112, 133-151

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11084

Assortative Mating and Earnings Inequality in France

Nicolas Frémeaux, Arnaud Lefranc

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11071

What Really Happened to British Inequality in the Early 20th Century? Evidence from National Household Expenditure Surveys 1890–1961

Ian Gazeley, Andrew T. Newell, Kevin Reynolds, Hector Gutierrez Rufrancos

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11069

The Truly Vulnerable: Integrating Wealth into the Measurement of Poverty and Social Policy Effectiveness

Sarah Kuypers, Ive Marx

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11006

Inequality and Poverty in Greece: Changes in Times of Crisis

Eirini Andriopoulou, Alexandros Karakitsios, Panos Tsakloglou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11005

'Inequality Is the Root of Social Evil,' or Maybe Not? Two Stories about Inequality and Public Policy

Miles Corak

published in: Canadian Public Policy, 2016, 42 (4), 367-414

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10979

Women in Top Incomes: Evidence from Sweden 1974–2013

Anne Boschini, Kristin Gunnarsson, Jesper Roine

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10940

Equality of Opportunity for Well-Being

Daniel Gerszon Mahler, Xavier Ramos

Entry at the IZA Newsroom http://newsroom.iza.org/en/2017/09/22/equality-of-opportunity-for-what/

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10882

Consumption Inequality and the Frequency of Purchases

Olivier Coibion, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Dmitri Koustas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10874

Can Financial Incentives Help People Trying to Establish New Habits? Experimental Evidence with New Gym Members

Mariana Carrera, Heather Royer, Mark Stehr, Justin Syndor

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10869

Tony Atkinson and His Legacy

Andrea Brandolini, Stephen P. Jenkins, John Micklewright

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2017, 63 (3), 411-444.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10868

Survey Under-Coverage of Top Incomes and Estimation of Inequality: What Is the Role of the UK's SPI Adjustment?

Richard V. Burkhauser, Nicolas Herault, Stephen P. Jenkins, Roger Wilkins

Published in: Fiscal Studies, June 2018, 39 (2), 213-240 (Open Access)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10854

Perception of Corruption and Public Support for Redistribution in Latin America

Esther Hauk, Mónica Oviedo, Xavier Ramos

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10804

The Long-Awaited Rise of the Middle Class in Latin America Is Finally Happening

Maurizio Bussolo, Maryla Maliszewska, Elie Murard

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10762

Global Earnings Inequality, 1970–2015

Olle Hammar, Daniel Waldenström

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10761

Correlations of Brothers' Earnings and Intergenerational Transmission

Paul Bingley, Lorenzo Cappellari

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101 (2), 370 - 383

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10749

Wages, Innovation, and Employment in China

Belton M. Fleisher, William H. McGuire, Xiaojun Wang, Min Qiang Zhao

Revision available at https://economics.osu.edu/sites/economics.osu.edu/files/Induced%20Innovation%20and%20Labor%20Productivity%20in%20China_Sep_10.pdf

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10690

More Pensioners, Less Income Inequality? The Impact of Changing Age Composition on Inequality in Big Cities and Elsewhere

Omoniyi Alimi, David C. Maré, Jacques Poot

published in: U. Blien, K. Kourtit, P. Nijkamp & R. Stough (eds.), Modelling Aging and Migration Effects on Spatial Labor Markets, Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10677

The Long-Run Impact of Childhood Poverty and the Mediating Role of Education

Luna Bellani, Michela Bia

Revised version forthcoming in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10667

Trends and Gradients in Top Tax Elasticities: Cross-Country Evidence, 1900–2014

Enrico Rubolino, Daniel Waldenström

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10666

Tax Progressivity and Top Incomes: Evidence from Tax Reforms

Enrico Rubolino, Daniel Waldenström

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10656

Ageing Poorly? Accounting for the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012