Poverty, inequality and social mobility

This special issue is the second in a two-part series on the evolution of labour market and disposable income inequalities over recent decades.

Belgium exhibits a rather constant level of income inequality over the last decades, contrary to Germany, the United States and some Nordic countries.

We study whether educational expansion is effective for reducing inequality and why some educational systems are associated more with lower inequality

We discuss the evolution of inequality in Greece from 2004 to 2021, including the Greek debt crisis between 2008 and 2013. 

Fiscal Studies: Volume 45, Issue 3

This paper investigates the evolution of income and wage inequality in Portugal from the 1974 democratic revolution up to 2020.

This paper studies the labour supply and income inequality of individuals aged 25–55 in Italy between 1989 and 2020.

We study how changes in labour market outcomes and household composition translate into changes in household incomes in the over the period 1997-2022

This study analyses the development of inequality in Germany from 1983 to 2020, focusing on labour market trends and income inequality.

Income inequality in Austria is moderate and has been stable in recent years. Yet, employment statistics reveal inequality trends in the labour market

This paper offers a descriptive overview of the evolution of individual earnings and household income inequality in Spain over the last two decades.

We document the evolution of working-age individual pre-tax and disposable income inequality in France since the late 1960s using household surveys.

We measure health inequality during middle and old age by race, ethnicity, and gender.