Macroeconomic conditions, inequality shocks and the politics of redistribution, 1990–2013
研究了1980年代末至2013年OECD国家不平等与再分配的共同趋势，发现经济衰退加剧低端不平等，而经济增长推高顶端不平等；多数国家在1990年代中期后减少再分配，且2008-2013年对失业的补偿性再分配弱于1990年代前半期。
This contribution explores common trends in inequality and redistribution across Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries from the late 1980s to 2013. Low-end inequality rises during economic downturns while rising top-end inequality is associated with economic growth. Most countries retreated from redistribution from the mid-1990s until the onset of the Great Recession, and compensatory redistribution in response to rising unemployment was weaker in 2008–2013 than in the first half of the 1990s. As unemployment and poverty risk have become increasingly concentrated among workers with low education, middle-income opinion has become more permissive of cuts in unemployment insurance generosity and income assistance to the poor. At constant generosity, the expansion of more precarious forms of employment reduces compensatory redistribution during downturns because temporary employees do not have the same access to unemployment benefits as permanent employees.