income distribution

income distribution

the share out of NATIONAL INCOME between the various FACTOR INPUTS (FUNCTIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME) or between factor input suppliers and other recipients (PERSONAL DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME).
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Table 1: Cumulated personal income distribution of selected countries and years and in comparison to Germany 1998 (per household), in percent cumulated quintile shares Lowest fifth 2nd fifth Cumulated Difference to Cumulated Difference to income Germany 1998 income Germany 1998 Czech Republic 1988 (a) 6.
Income distribution and convergence in the transition process--a cross-country comparison
A large part of the answer is that after people cross a certain income threshold, their perception of their relative position in the income distribution matters more for serf-reported happiness than their absolute income.
Happiness is ... higher taxes: is one man's productivity another man's pollution?
Economists calculate national income distribution according to the Gini coefficient, a number between 0 and 1, where 0 means perfect equality--everyone has the same income--and 1 means perfect inequality--one person has all the income.
The smalling of America: height gap with Europe measures U.S. shortfall on social justice
The study's basic premise is that, since a state's income level depends on its residents' educational level then the income distribution within each state is dependent on the distribution of educational levels among its residents.
The Effects of State Public K-12 Education Expenditures On Income Distribution. NEA Research Working Paper
242 (***) First quartile of the income distribution (a) Second quartile of the income distribution (a) 0.
The relationship between happiness, health, and socioeconomic factors: Results based on Swedish microdata
Although remaining concentrated in lower income groups, elderly households achieved significantly greater equality of income distribution between 1967 and 1997; the gap with the income distribution of nonelderly households narrowed
Income distribution of older Americans
Because those with higher incomes pay a larger percentage in income tax, income distribution is a key factor in determining revenue levels generated by the PIT.
"Forecasting Revenue Receipts in the States: Current Challenges in California"
It is not clear how such changes in personal income distribution will affect the economy's per capita growth rate.
A positive theory of optimal personal income distribution and growth
Differences in income distribution might be better understood as a reflection of the way firms and societies treat actual or perceived differences among workers and citizens.
The politics of race bashing
Other observers estimate this policy change would increase the share of the child care tax credit received by the bottom half of the income distribution from 25% to 43%.
Pay now or later: investment in child care is down payment on country's future
In this column, the author addresses the inadvertent structuring of physician remuneration via income distribution or externally negotiated formulas that reward individual behavior that actually threatens the economic viability of the group.
Are your economic incentives self-defeating?

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