Web links for 5th July 2012

05 Jul 2012, by ToUChstone blog in Web links

• Disentangling income inequality and the redistributive effect of social transfers and taxes in 36 LIS countries
  Chen Wang and Koen Caminada used Luxembourg Income Study data to analyse income inequality and redistribution in 36 countries.
  "On average, transfers reduce income inequality by over 85
  percent, while taxes account for only 15 percent of total redistribution. Among all welfare states, Continental European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, and Luxembourg) achieve the highest level of the reduction of initial income inequality."