PANEL I. INCOME
Trends in Household Income Inequality: The Position of the Middle Classes
Arthur Alderson and Kevin Doran
How Has Income Inequality Grown? The Reshaping of the Income Distribution in LIS Countries
Andrea Brandolini
On the Identification of the "Middle-Class"
Louis Chauvel
PANEL II. EMPLOYMENT
The Role of Women's Employment in the Economic Status of Families
Susan Harkness presented by Janet Gornick
Nancy Folbre, Janet Gornick, Teresa Munzi and Helen Connolly
Women's Employment, Unpaid Work and Economic Wellbeing: A Cross National Analysis
Margarita Estévez-Abe and Tanja Hethey
Women's Work, Family Income and Public Policy
PANEL III. ASSETS AND DEBT
The Distribution of Assets and Debt: The Middle Class, Pensions, and Home Ownership
Eva Sierminska, Serge Allegrezza and Timothy Smeeding
Net worth and the Middle Class: Patterns of Wealth and Debt
Bruce Bradbury
The Fourth Retirement Pillar in Rich Nations
Markus Jäntti, Eva Sierminska and Philippe Van Kerm
Joachim Frick and Markus Grabka
Wealth Inequality and the Relevance of Public Pension Entitlements
PANEL IV. POLITICS
Institutions and Politics: Politics, Political Behavior, and Public Opinion "In the Middle"
Vincent Mahler, David Jesuit and Piotr Paradowski
Lane Kenworthy
The Politics of Helping the Poor
István György Tóth
Income Distribution, Inequality Perception and Redistributive Claims in European Societies
PANEL V. INEQUALITY IN THE "NEW LIS COUNTRIES"
Colin McKenzie (Japan)
Stefán Ólafsson and Armaldur Kristjansson (Iceland)
Income Distribution in a Bubble Economy - The Case of Iceland 1992-2008
Reeve Vanneman and Amaresh Dubey (India)