Évelyne Huber|John D. Stephens
Income inequality and redistribution in post-industrial democracies: demographic, economic and political determinants 1
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
article analyses determinants market income distribution governmental redistribution dependent variables luxembourg income study data market income inequality measured gini index households head aged 2559 years per cent reduction gini index taxes transfers test generalizability goldinkatz hypothesis inequality increased usa country failed invest sufficiently education main determinants market income inequality order size effect family structure single mother households union density deindustrialization unemployment employment levels education spending main determinants redistribution order magnitude left government family structure welfare state generosity unemployment employment levels redistribution rises mainly needs rise unemployment single mother households increase social policy becomes redistributive