Fiscal redistribution in comparative perspective: Recent evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Datacenter

This paper offers an overview of income inequality and government redistribution between the late 1960s and 2010 in 20 developed countries. Our primary data source is household-level income surveys available from the Luxembourg Income Study Database (LIS). These data allow us to measure overall redistribution; to explore whether redistribution has been achieved primarily through direct taxes or social transfers; to compare the redistributive effect of old-age pensions and transfers to those of working age; and to explore several approaches to second-order feedback effects whereby taxes and tra... Mehr ...