Kranzinger, Stefan. 2019. The decomposition of income inequality in the EU-28. Empirica. 47 (3)
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Abstract
This paper analyses the structure of the European income inequality by a decompo-sition in a within- and between-component. It illustrates a replication of the work of Beblo and Knaus (Rev Income Wealth 47(3):301–333, 2001) and decomposes the income inequality for the EU-28 in 2014 by using data from the European Survey on Income and Living Conditions. The Theil index is applied to additively decom-pose the sources of inequality into a within- and between-component by countries, country groups and demographic groups. This is done by using equivalised dispos-able household income and income before transfers and taxes. The results show that inequality, with regard to disposable income, is highest for households with house-hold heads older than 59 years and lowest for households with children. Moreover, high income countries have lower inequality, higher social expenditures and show a stronger relative reduction of income inequality after transfers and taxes than low income countries. On country group level, Social-Democratic countries have the lowest income inequality and redistribute most, while the opposite holds true for Baltic countries.
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Status of publication | Published |
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Affiliation | WU |
Type of publication | Journal article |
Journal | Empirica |
Citation Index | SSCI |
Language | English |
Title | The decomposition of income inequality in the EU-28 |
Volume | 47 |
Number | 3 |
Year | 2019 |
Reviewed? | Y |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10663-019-09450-9 |
Open Access | Y |
Open Access Link | https://rdcu.be/bEmSS |
JEL | D31, D33 |
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- People
- Kranzinger, Stefan (Details)
- Organization
- Department of Economics (Crespo Cuaresma) (Details)
- Economics of Inequality FI (Details)
- Research areas (ÖSTAT Classification 'Statistik Austria')
- 5334 Political economic policy (Details)
- 5341 Economic policy (Details)