Tendencies and Features of Income Inequality: Motivating Predistribution

Maurizio Franzini and Michele Raitano

QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria, 2014, issue 4

Abstract: Income inequality raises serious problems because of its extent and its features. This paper starts from the empirical evidence on trends in disposable income inequality in the major OECD countries, distinguishing the roles played by market inequalities and by public redistribution. It then goes on to discuss,, on the one hand, the reasons why an anti-inequality strategy based on redistributive measures only, even if necessary, may not be enough and, on the other hand, the merits of a predistribution strategy, i.e. of measures designed to prevent the development of inequalities in the markets, acting both on individual endowments and on the rules supporting the functioning of the markets.

Keywords: Economic inequality; Human capital; Redistribution; Predistribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 I24 I38 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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