Translation of "Opérations de répartition des revenus " (French → English) :

34. Regrets that the measures implemented have led in the short term to a rise in income distribution inequality; notes that there has been an above-average rise in such inequalities in the four countries; notes that cuts in social benefits and services and rising unemployment resulting from measures contained in the programmes intended to address the macroeconomic situation, as well as wage reductions, are raising poverty levels;

45. Takes the view that one priority should be to fight poverty by reforming the macroeconomic, monetary, social and labour market policies that are its root causes, with a view to guaranteeing economic and social justice for women, by reconsidering the methods used to determine the poverty rate and by pursuing strategies to promote fair distribution of income, guarantee a minimum income and decent wages and pensions, create more high-quality jobs coupled with rights for women, enable women and girls to benefit from public services of a high standard, and improve welfare provision and neighbourhood services, including crèches, nursery sc ...[+++]hools, kindergartens, day centres, community leisure and family support centres and ‘intergenerational centres’, making these accessible to women, men, children and older people as a whole, with a particular focus on assistance for older women living alone;

13. Considers that the crisis offers an opportunity to build a stronger strategy for sustainable growth based on social justice and eco-efficiency, ensuring that the distribution of wealth is made more just, achieving economically more effective and socially fairer income distribution; warns, in that context, against focusing essentially on wage moderation instruments, since this will hamper fair distribution of the recovery burden and will act as a brake on the growth of household income and thereby on private consumption; notes that the crisis has clearly highlighted the inadequacy of deregulation policies pursued in ...[+++]recent years; emphasises the need for a new single market strategy to deliver more tangible results for citizens, notably through a more consumer-orientated approach to regulation;

Differences can be seen in the income distribution between men and women: 20 percent of women, compared to 40 percent of men in Europe, receive a similar income distribution in the top-range of salaries.

As far as income distribution is concerned, the data from the European Community Household Panel, presented as a structural indicator supporting the annual synthesis report, highlights significant inequalities in the distribution of income per person.

Statistics Canada has remarkably sophisticated and detailed data about the distribution of incomes, but it's my impression that we don't yet know all that much about the distribution of debt, or on the other side of the equation, the distribution of assets and wealth, although we expect this will be remedied with the eagerly anticipated release of the survey on wealth this fall.