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Timothy M. Smeeding

University of Wisconsin - Madison

A & S Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs

1180 Observatory Drive

Madison, WI 53706

United States

http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/facultystaff/smeeding-timothy.html

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Comparing Wealth Distribution Across Rich Countries: First Results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study

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Citation 11

Comparing Wealth Distribution Across Rich Countries: First Results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 30 Aug 2006
Eva Sierminska, Andrea Brandolini and Timothy M. Smeeding
LISER, Bank of Italy and University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Citation 11

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household wealth, household portfolios, distribution of net worth, international comparative data sources

Comparing Wealth Distribution across Rich Countries: First Results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study

Bank of Italy Research Paper No. A7
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Jul 2008
Andrea Brandolini, Timothy M. Smeeding and Eva Sierminska
Bank of Italy, University of Wisconsin - Madison and LISER
Downloads 304 (81,129)
Citation 11

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household wealth, wealth distribution, portfolio composition

Comparing Wealth Distribution Across Rich Countries: First Results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 31 Jul 2012
Andrea Brandolini, Timothy M. Smeeding and Eva Sierminska
Bank of Italy, University of Wisconsin - Madison and LISER
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Citation 11

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Poor People in Rich Nations: The United States in Comparative Perspective

Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 419
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Oct 2005
Timothy M. Smeeding
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Citation 11

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The EITC: Expectation, Knowledge, Use, and Economic and Social Mobility

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Citation 9

The EITC: Expectation, Knowledge, Use, and Economic and Social Mobility

Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 13
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 25 Apr 2000
Timothy M. Smeeding, Katherin Ross Phillips and Michael A. O'Connor
University of Wisconsin - Madison, The Urban Institute and Mauk & O'Connor, LLP
Downloads 383 (62,076)
Citation 9

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The EITC: Expectation, Knowledge, Use, and Economic and Social Mobility

Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 13
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Timothy M. Smeeding, Katherin Ross Phillips and Michael A. O'Connor
University of Wisconsin - Madison, The Urban Institute and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Globalization, Inequality, and the Rich Countries of the G-20: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income (LIS)

Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 48
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 Apr 2011
Timothy M. Smeeding
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Ireland's Income Distribution in Comparative Perspective

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Citation 3

Ireland's Income Distribution in Comparative Perspective

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Jan 2005
Timothy M. Smeeding and Brian Nolan
University of Wisconsin - Madison and Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland
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Citation 3

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Ireland's Income Distribution in Comparative Perspective

Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 537-560, December 2005
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Dec 2005
Brian Nolan and Timothy M. Smeeding
Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland and University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Income Distribution and Social Expenditures: A Cross-National Perspective

Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 350
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 27 Sep 2003
Jonathan A. Schwabish, Timothy M. Smeeding and Lars Osberg
Urban Institute, University of Wisconsin - Madison and Dalhousie University - Department of Economics
Downloads 263 (88,589)
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Welfare State Myths and Measurement

Capitalism and Society, Volume 10, Issue 1, Article 1, 2015
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Sep 2015
Irwin Garfinkel and Timothy M. Smeeding
Columbia University - School of Social Work and University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Asset-Based Measurement of Poverty

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Citation 5

Asset-Based Measurement of Poverty

Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper No. 1372-10
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Jan 2010
Andrea Brandolini, Silvia Magri and Timothy M. Smeeding
Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy and University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Citation 5

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Asset-Based Measurement of Poverty

Bank of Italy Temi di Discussione (Working Paper) No. 755
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 01 Sep 2010
Andrea Brandolini, Silvia Magri and Timothy M. Smeeding
Bank of Italy, Bank of Italy and University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Citation 5

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Poverty Indicators, Income, Wealth

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Social Security Reform: Improving Benefit Adequacy and Economic Security for Women

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Social Security Reform: Improving Benefit Adequacy and Economic Security for Women

Syracuse University Center for Policy Research Policy Brief No. 16/1999
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 Apr 2011
Timothy M. Smeeding
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Citation 8

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Social Security Reform: Improving Benefit Adequacy and Economic Security for Women

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 1999
Posted: 10 Mar 2010
Timothy M. Smeeding
University of Wisconsin - Madison

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10.

Do Public Expenditures Improve Child Outcomes in the U.S.? A Comparison Across Fifty States

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Do Public Expenditures Improve Child Outcomes in the U.S.? A Comparison Across Fifty States

Syracuse University Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 53
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Jul 2003
Kristen Harknett, Irwin Garfinkel, Jay Bainbridge, Timothy M. Smeeding, Sara McLanahan and Nancy Folbre
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University - School of Social Work, Columbia University - National Center for Children in Poverty, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and University of Massachusetts at Amherst - College of Social and Behavioral Sciences - Department of Economics
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Do Public Expenditures Improve Child Outcomes in the U.S.? A Comparison Across Fifty States

Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 53
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Apr 2011
Kristen Harknett, Jay Bainbridge, Timothy M. Smeeding, Nancy Folbre, Sara McLanahan and Irwin Garfinkel
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University - National Center for Children in Poverty, University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of Massachusetts at Amherst - College of Social and Behavioral Sciences - Department of Economics, Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Columbia University - School of Social Work
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Post-1970 Trends in Within-Country Inequality and Poverty: Rich and Middle Income Countries

Handbook of Income Distribution, Volume 2 (edited by A. B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon, Elsevier-North Holland, Forthcoming), CSEF Working Papers 356, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy
Number of pages: 143 Posted: 03 Apr 2014
Salvatore Morelli, Timothy M. Smeeding and Jeffrey P. Thompson
Center for the Study of Economics and Finance (CSEF) - University of Naples, Federico II, University of Wisconsin - Madison and Federal Reserve Board
Downloads 95 (122,264)

Abstract:

inequality trends, income distribution, relative poverty, top income shares, Gini

12.

Social Security Reform: A Budget Neutral Approach to Reducing Older Women's Disproportional Risk of Poverty

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 30 Apr 2011
Richard V. Burkhauser and Timothy M. Smeeding
Cornell University - Department of Policy Analysis & Management (PAM) and University of Wisconsin - Madison
Downloads 82 (172,927)
Citation 9

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Cross-National Comparison of Income and Wealth Status in Retirement: First Results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS)

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Citation 1

Cross-National Comparison of Income and Wealth Status in Retirement: First Results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS)

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Nov 2008
Eva Sierminska, Andrea Brandolini and Timothy M. Smeeding
LISER, Bank of Italy and University of Wisconsin - Madison
Downloads 59 (307,704)
Citation 1

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Cross-National Comparison of Income and Wealth Status in Retirement: First Results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS)

Posted: 08 Mar 2010
Eva Sierminska, Andrea Brandolini and Timothy M. Smeeding
LISER, Bank of Italy and University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Inequality and Poverty in the United States: The Aftermath of the Great Recession

FEDS Working Paper No. 2013-51
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 16 Oct 2013
Jeffrey P. Thompson and Timothy M. Smeeding
Federal Reserve Board and University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Inequality, poverty, income distribution, social welfare policy

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Sliding into Poverty? Cross-National Patterns of Income Source Change and Income Decay in Old Age

CRR Working Paper No. 2004-25
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Jun 2008
James Williamson and Timothy M. Smeeding
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Wisconsin - Madison
Downloads 48 (306,223)
Citation 1

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income, retirement, old age, poverty, cross national

16.

Income Maintenance in Old Age: Current Status and Future Prospects for Rich Countries

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Working Paper No. 2002-11
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 May 2008
Timothy M. Smeeding
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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The Retirement Consumption Conundrum: Evidence from a Consumption Survey

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Jun 2008
Jonathan D. Fisher, David Johnson, Joseph Marchand, Timothy M. Smeeding and Barbara Boyle Torrey
New York Census Research Data Center, Bureau of Labor Statistics, University of Alberta - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison and Population Reference Bureau
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Short-Run Distributional Effects of Public Education Transfers to Tertiary Education Students in Seven European Countries

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3557
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Jun 2008
Tim Callan, Timothy M. Smeeding and Panos Tsakloglou
Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland, University of Wisconsin - Madison and Athens University of Economics and Business - Department of International and European Economic Studies
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inequality, in-kind transfers, tertiary education, Europe

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Comparing the Incidence of Taxes and Social Spending in Brazil and the United States

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Comparing the Incidence of Taxes and Social Spending in Brazil and the United States

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 360
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Jun 2014
Sean Higgins, Nora Lustig, Whitney Ruble and Timothy M. Smeeding
Tulane University, Tulane University, Tulane University and University of Wisconsin - Madison
Downloads 29 (412,322)

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inequality, fiscal policy, taxation, social spending

Comparing the Incidence of Taxes and Social Spending in Brazil and the United States

Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 62, pp. S22-S46, 2016
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 Aug 2016
Sean Higgins, Nora Lustig, Whitney Ruble and Timothy M. Smeeding
Tulane University, Tulane University, Tulane University and University of Wisconsin - Madison
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fiscal policy, inequality, social spending, taxation

Comparing the Incidence of Taxes and Social Spending in Brazil and the United States

CEQ Working Paper No. 16
Posted: 18 Apr 2017
Sean Higgins, Nora Lustig, Whitney Ruble and Timothy M. Smeeding
Tulane University, Tulane University, Tulane University and University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Inequality, Fiscal Policy, Taxation, Social Spending

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School Finance, Equivalent Educational Expenditure and Income Distribution: Equal Dollars or Equal Chances for Success?

Syracuse University Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 62
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Apr 2011
kathryn Wilson, Kristina T. Lambright and Timothy M. Smeeding
Kent State University - College of Business Administration, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Wisconsin - Madison
Downloads 28 (381,432)
Citation 1

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equivalent, education, distribution

21.

The Shifting Incidence of Involuntary Job Losses from 1968 to 1992

Industrial Relations, Vol. 37, pp. 207-231, April 1998
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 06 May 2004
Johanne Boisjoly, Greg J. Duncan and Timothy M. Smeeding
University of Quebec at Rimouski - Department of Sociology, Northwestern University - Institute for Policy Research and University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Welfare State Expenditures and the Distribution of Child Opportunities

Syracuse University Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 63
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Apr 2011
Irwin Garfinkel, Lee Rainwater and Timothy M. Smeeding
Columbia University - School of Social Work, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Wisconsin - Madison
Downloads 17 (430,512)
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General Commentary

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 5, No. 3, September 1999
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 05 Oct 2007
Timothy M. Smeeding
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Downloads 17 (451,322)

Abstract:

income inequality

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Microdata Panel Data and Public Policy: National and Cross-National Perspectives

Syracuse University Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 23
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Apr 2011
Richard V. Burkhauser and Timothy M. Smeeding
Cornell University - Department of Policy Analysis & Management (PAM) and University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Citation 1

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Do We Invest Less Time in Children? Trends in Parental Time in Selected Industrialized Countries Since the 1960s

Syracuse University Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 64
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Apr 2011
Anne H. Gauthier, Timothy M. Smeeding and Frank F. Furstenberg
University of Calgary, University of Wisconsin - Madison and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Sociology
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Ranking Inequality: Applications of Multivariate Subset Selection

Syracuse University Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 70
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Apr 2011
William C. Horrace, Joseph Marchand and Timothy M. Smeeding
Syracuse University - Department of Economics, University of Alberta - Department of Economics and University of Wisconsin - Madison
Downloads 4 (516,791)
Citation 1

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Income distribution, Inference, Poverty, Subset Selection

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Inequality of Income and Consumption in the U.S.: Measuring the Trends in Inequality from 1984 to 2011 for the Same Individuals

Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 61, Issue 4, pp. 630-650, 2015
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Jan 2016
Jonathan D. Fisher, David Johnson and Timothy M. Smeeding
Government of the United States of America - Bureau of the Census, Government of the United States of America - Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and University of Wisconsin - Madison
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consumer expenditures, consumption, income, inequality

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Intergenerational Mobility in the United States and Great Britain: A Comparative Study of Parent–Child Pathways

Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 60, Issue 3, pp. 425-449, 2014
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 26 Jul 2014
Jo Blanden, Robert Haveman, Timothy M. Smeeding and kathryn Wilson
London School of Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison and Kent State University - College of Business Administration
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education, intergenerational mobility, occupation

29.

The Senior Income Guarantee (SIG): A New Proposal to Reduce Poverty Among the Elderly

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 2001
Posted: 10 Mar 2010
Timothy M. Smeeding and Kent Weaver
University of Wisconsin - Madison and Boston College - Center for Retirement Research

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Income Maintenance in Old Age: What Can be Learned from Cross-National Comparisons

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 2001
Posted: 10 Mar 2010
Timothy M. Smeeding
University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Patterns of Time Use of People Age 55 to 64 Years Old: Some Cross-National Comparisons

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 2000
Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Anne K. Gauthier and Timothy M. Smeeding
The Commonwealth Fund and University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Who are the Poor Elderly? An Examination Using Alternative Poverty Measures

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, 2000
Posted: 09 Mar 2010
David Johnson and Timothy M. Smeeding
Bureau of Labor Statistics and University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Older Women's Income and Wealth Packages in Cross-National Perspective

Posted: 08 Mar 2010
Timothy M. Smeeding, Janet C. Gornick, Eva Sierminska and Maurice Leach
University of Wisconsin - Madison, The Graduate Center / City University of New York, LISER and City University of New York - Department of Political Science

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Twenty Years of Research on Income Inequality, Poverty, and Redistribution in the Developed World: Introduction and Overview

Socio-Economic Review, Vol. 2, pp. 149-163, 2004
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Timothy M. Smeeding
University of Wisconsin - Madison

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micro data

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