EU-wide income inequality in the era of the Great Recession

Peter Benczur, Zsombor Cseres-Gergely and Peter Harasztosi ()
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Peter Harasztosi: European Commission Joint Research Centre - Finance and Economy Unit B.01

No 1713, Budapest Working Papers on the Labour Market from Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies

Abstract: This paper uses microdata to look at stylised facts of EU-wide income inequality during the 2006-2013 period. Our contribution is to bring together four elements of the analysis that has appeared only in separation so far. Our analysis is EU-wide, but regionally detailed, looks at the longeset possible term with harmonized survey data, uses inequality indicators sensitive to different parts of the income distribution and shows the contribution of income components to income inequality. Using this, we are able to show how the dynamics of inequality in Europe was shaped by changes on the periphery, in hours worked, in wages and in the structure of households.

Keywords: income inequality; European Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 E24 H31 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 57 pages
Date: 2017-11
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