What lies behind France's low level of income inequality?

Antoine Bozio (), Malka Guillot, Lukas Puschnig and Maxime Tô
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Antoine Bozio: PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales
Malka Guillot: ULiège - Université de Liège = University of Liège = Universiteit van Luik = Universität Lüttich
Lukas Puschnig: IPP - Institut des politiques publiques
Maxime Tô: IPP - Institut des politiques publiques

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Abstract: We document the evolution of working‐age individual pre‐tax and disposable income inequality in France since the late 1960s using household surveys. Disposable income inequality declined over the 1960s and 1970s and remained stable thereafter. This trend can be explained, in part, by changes in the tax and benefit system, notably through changes in employer contributions, and the evolution of the national minimum wage. Other dimensions than income bring a less positive perspective: low‐income individuals are now more likely to be immigrants, have low education, and live in households with no working adults.

Date: 2024-09
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Published in Fiscal Studies, 2024, Changing Labour Market and Income Inequalities in Europe and North America: Part Two, 45 (3), pp.309-323. ⟨10.1111/1475-5890.12390⟩

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DOI: 10.1111/1475-5890.12390

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