Income Inequality in the European Union
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Keywords
convergence; convergence; European Union; Gini; Gini coefficient; hauts revenus; income inequality; inégalité des revenus; redistribution; redistribution; top incomes; Union européenne;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C81 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
- Z18 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Public Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CWA-2012-05-02 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-EEC-2012-05-02 (European Economics)
- NEP-EUR-2012-05-02 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-LTV-2012-05-02 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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