- Description
- 169 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
- Summary
- This paper summarises trends and driving factors in income distribution and poverty in 21 OECD Member countries analysing separately the working- and the retirement-age populations. Shifts in relative incomes in the past ten years generally favoured prime-age and elderly age groups. Persons living in multi-adult households have seen their income shares rise somewhat, especially in households without children, or when there are two or more earners present. On the other hand, younger age groups generally lost ground, and relative income levels of single parents and persons in households with no earners tended to weaken further in many countries. There has been no generalised long-term trend in the distribution of disposable household incomes since the mid-1970s. However, during the more recent period (mid-1980s to mid-1990s), income inequality has increased in about half of the OECD countries studied, while none of the remaining countries recorded an unambiguous decrease in ...
- Series Statement
- OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers, 1815-1981 ; no.42
- Uniform Title
- OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers, no.42.
- Subject
- Social Issues/Migration/Health
- LCCN
- 10.1787/488747757407
- OCLC
- oecd-lib-004087
- Author
Förster, Michael.
- Title
Trends and Driving Factors in Income Distribution and Poverty in the OECD Area [electronic resource] / Michael Förster
- Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2000.
- Series
OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers, 1815-1981 ; no.42
OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers, 1815-1981 ; no.42.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Social Issues/Migration/Health
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/488747757407 doi