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«Great discrepancy»: the growth of inequality in household income distribution and redistribution in the countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (Russia, Moscow)

Over the last three decades, economic growth in developed countries was accompanied by a noticeable increase in the level in inequality in household income distribution. Based on comparative data, the author analyzes the dynamics of inequality indices in disposable and primary incomes in OECD countries over the last three decades. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the impact produced by distribution differences upon the dynamics of inequality on various stages of the «Great Discrepancy»

Key words: inequality, social inequality, redistribution of income, monetary income of the population, industrially developed countries, OECD countries

Pages: 47 - 52

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