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Inequality of opportunity and income inequality in Spain: An analysis over time

Ana Suárez Álvarez (suarezaana@uniovi.es) and Ana Jesús López Menéndez
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Ana Jesús López Menéndez: University of Oviedo, Spain

Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Ana Jesús López Menéndez (anaj@uniovi.es)

No 423, Working Papers from ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to contribute both theoretically and empirically to the study of Inequality of Opportunity in Spain. The analysis is carried out using microdata collected by the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), which incorporate a wide variety of personal harmonised variables, allowing comparability with other countries. The availability of this database for years 2004 and 2010 is particularly relevant to analyse the impact of the economic crisis, the empirical evidence shows significant increases in both income inequality (17.24\%) and, more significantly, inequality of opportunity (62.34\%). According to our findings, the effect of circumstances on income distribution has intensified between the two years.

Keywords: circumstances; EU-SILC; income; inequality; opportunity. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D63 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2016-12
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