Cross-National Comparisons of Earnings and Income Inequality

Peter Gottschalk and Timothy M. Smeeding

Journal of Economic Literature, 1997, vol. 35, issue 2, 633-687

Abstract: This article reviews the evidence on cross-national comparisons of earnings and income inequality in OECD countries. It begins with a series of stylized facts which are then examined and supported by recent studies in the field. Economic, demographic, institutional and policy-related influences on earnings and income distribution are reviewed. The paper concludes with a call for more work on empirically testable structural models of household income distribution.

Date: 1997
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