Income Inequality and Redistribution in Lithuania: The Role of Policy, Labor Market, Income, and Demographics
量化了2007-2015年间人口、劳动力市场、回报率和税收福利制度对立陶宛家庭可支配收入不平等变化的贡献，发现税收福利制度在金融危机期间缓冲了市场收入不平等，但经济扩张期间未能抑制因劳动和资本回报上升导致的收入不平等加剧。
We model the household disposable income distribution in Lithuania and explore the drivers of the increase in income inequality between 2007 and 2015. We quantify the contributions of four factors to changes in the disposable income distribution: (i) demographics; (ii) labor market structure; (iii) returns and prices; and (iv) tax–benefit system. Results show that the effects of the factors were substantial and reflected heterogeneous developments over two subperiods: changes in the tax and benefit system cushioned a rapid rise in market income inequality because of the global financial crisis during 2007–2011, but failed to do so during the subsequent years of economic expansion, when rising returns in the labor and capital markets significantly increased disposable income inequality. We also find that declining marriage rates contributed to the increase in income inequality in Lithuania.