Income inequality among European households and their biological type

Grzywińska-Rąpca Małgorzata (), Grzybowska-Brzezińska Mariola and Gornowicz Mirosław
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Grzywińska-Rąpca Małgorzata: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
Grzybowska-Brzezińska Mariola: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
Gornowicz Mirosław: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland

International Journal of Management and Economics, 2023, vol. 59, issue 3, 197-208

Abstract: In the socioeconomic development of each country, income rates constitute a measure of the economic situation. They are also the principle factor influencing social stratification. When discussing the income of European households in a regional approach, one may analyze changes, regional development indicators, and the degree to which needs are satisfied. It is underlined in the relevant literature that the differences observed across macroeconomic and microeconomic indicators are reflected in the phenomenon of income inequality, and their levels are also differentiated by the biological type of households. In view of the above, this study analyzed the financial standing of households from the spatial standpoint (selected EU countries) and considered the fractions of households isolated based on their biological composition in the light of inequality indices: Gini, Atkinson, and Theil. Inequality rates were computed using the median net equivalized income. The material examined in this study consisted of secondary data collected and published in the Eurostat database.

Keywords: Atkinson coefficient; Gini coefficient; households; inequality indices; Theil coefficient (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C63 D12 D31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.2478/ijme-2023-0005

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