1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Post-Tax

& transfer

Gini

Reduction in

Gini due to

taxes & transfers

Wage

dispersion

Literacy

score

5th percentile

Public

employment

Female

labor force

participation

Decommodification

index

Total

taxes

Bargaining

centralization

Social democratic welfare states

Sweden

20

43

2.1

216

20

80

39

63

0.31

Norway

22

29

2.0

207

15

71

38

56

0.58

Denmark

21

38

2.2

213

18

78

38

56

0.37

Finland

19

34

2.4

195

9

73

29

51

0.44

Mean

21

36

2.2

208

16

76

36

57

0.42

Christian democratic welfare states

Austria

21

4

55

31

47

0.44

Belgium

21

40

2.3

161

6

52

32

49

0.29

Netherlands

2ð

2ð

2.ð

202

4

53

32

52

0.35

Germany

30

23

2.5

208

4

57

28

43

0.32

France

32

24

3.3

7

58

28

47

0.10

Italy

29

12

2.4

5

4ð

24

42

0.14

Switzerland

31

11

2.7

150

5

ð0

30

34

0.25

Mean

27

23

2.6

180

5

54

29

45

0.27

Liberal welfare states

Australia

29

24

2.9

146

7

63

13

35

0.47

New Zealand

157

63

17

Canada

28

26

4.2

145

7

75

22

42

0.07

Ireland

32

32

145

69

23

39

UK

33

23

3.3

145

8

65

23

40

0.12

USA

33

18

4.9

133

5

69

14

32

0.07

Mean

31

25

3.8

145

7

67

19

38

0.18