Divided we stand : why inequality keeps rising.

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An overview of growing income inequalities in OECD countries: main findings -- Special focus: inequality in emerging economics (EEs) -- Part I. How globalisation, technological change and policies affect wage and earnings inequalities -- 1. Trends in wage inequality, economic globalisation and labour market policies and institutions -- 2. The impact of economic globalisation and changes in policies and institutions on rising earnings inequality -- 3. Inequality between the employed and non-employed -- Part II. How inequalities in labour earnings lead to inequalities in household disposable income -- 4. Hours worked, self-employment and joblessness as ingredients of earnings inequality -- 5. Trends in household earnings inequality: the role of changing family formation practices -- 6. From household earnings to disposable household income inequality -- Part III. How the roles of tax and transfer systems have changed -- 7. Changes in redistribution in OECD countries over two decades -- 8. The distributive impact of publicly provided services -- 9. Trends in top incomes and their tax policy implications.

Machine generated contents note: Overview of Growing Income Inequalities in OECD Countries: Main Findings -- 1. big picture: inequality on the rise in most OECD countries -- 2. What drives growing earnings and income disparities? -- 3. Lessons for policies -- Notes -- References -- Annex A1 Trends in Different Income Inequality Measures -- Special Focus: Inequality in Emerging Economies (EEs) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Inequality patterns in EEs -- 3. Economic factors behind inequality -- 4. Institutional arrangements shaping redistribution -- 5. Policy challenges for tackling inequality while creating more and better jobs -- Notes -- References -- Annex 0.A1 Main Features of Social Protection Systems in EEs -- part I How Globalisation, Technological Change and Policies Affect Wage and Earnings Inequalities -- chapter 1 Trends in Wage Inequality, Economic Globalisation and Labour Market Policies and Institutions -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Trends in wage dispersion -- 1.3. Globalisation: recent trends in global economic developments -- 1.4. Trends in labour market policies, institutions and regulations -- 1.5. Summary and conclusions -- Notes -- References -- chapter 2 Impact of Economic Globalisation and Changes in Policies and Institutions on Rising Earnings Inequality -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Effects of economic globalisation, technological change, and changes in policies and institutions on wage inequality -- 2.3. Effects on the top and the bottom of the wage distribution: tail-sensitive analyses -- 2.4. Summary and conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Annex 2.A1 Data Sources and Variables -- Annex 2.A2 Changes in the Skill Wage Gap and the Role of Sectors -- chapter 3 Inequality Between the Employed and the Non-employed -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Earnings inequality among the whole working-age population -- 3.3. Linking globalisation and developments in policies and institutions to changes in earnings inequality among the working-age population -- 3.4. Globalisation, regulatory reforms and changes in overall earnings inequality: bringing together the evidence -- 3.5. Summary and conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Annex 3.A1 Data for the Analyses in Section 3.2 -- Annex 3.A2 Additional Tables and Figures -- part II How Inequalities in Labour Earnings Lead to Inequalities in Household Disposable Income -- chapter 4 Hours Worked, Self-Employment and Joblessness as Ingredients of Earnings Inequality -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Trends in inequality among full-time workers and all workers -- 4.3. Compositional changes and their impact on trends in earnings inequality -- 4.4. Earnings inequality and joblessness -- 4.5. Summary and conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Annex 4.A1 Additional Tables -- Annex 4.A2 Accounting for the Effect of Joblessness on Earnings Inequality Among the Whole Working-Age Population -- chapter 5 Trends in Household Earnings Inequality: The Role of Changing Family Formation Practices -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Levels and trends in household earnings inequality -- 5.3. determinants of changes in household earnings inequality: labour market and demographic factors -- 5.4. Explaining changes in household earnings inequality -- 5.5. Summary and conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Annex 5.A1 Additional Tables and Figures -- chapter 6 From Household Earnings to Disposable Household Income Inequality -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Inequality: trends in the distribution of market and disposable income -- 6.3. How much of inequality is explained by each of the income sources? -- 6.4. Redistributive effects of marginal increases in individual income components -- 6.5. Summary and conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Annex 6.A1 Additional Tables -- part III How the Roles of Tax and Transfer Systems Have Changed -- chapter 7 Changes in Redistribution in OECD Countries Over Two Decades -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Measured changes in redistribution -- 7.3. role of policy reforms -- 7.4. Summary and conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Annex 7.A1 Additional Tables and Figures -- chapter 8 Distributive Impact of Publicly Provided Services -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Defining public social services -- 8.3. overall distributive impact of publicly provided services on the distribution of income -- 8.4. distributive impact of particular public services -- 8.5. distributive impact of public services over time -- 8.6. Summary and conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Annex 8.A1 How to Account for Publicly Provided Services in Household Income: Conceptual and Methodological Issues -- Annex 8.A2 Additional Tables and Figures -- chapter 9 Trends in Top Incomes and Their Tax Policy Implications -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Data on top incomes -- 9.3. Trends in the share of top incomes -- 9.4. Explanations of the trends in top incomes -- 9.5. Tax policy implications -- 9.6. Summary and conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Annex 9.A1 Characteristics and Limitations of Income Data from Tax Returns.