Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/160805 
Year of Publication: 
1995
Series/Report no.: 
LIS Working Paper Series No. 133
Publisher: 
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Luxembourg
Abstract: 
This paper assembles and reviews empirical evidence about the personal distribution of income in Europe and makes a comparison with the United States. From his analysis, the author concludes, among other things, that: the United States has higher income inequality than Europe; within Western Europe, the Scandinavian countries, Benelux and West Germany have less inequality, Southern Europe and Ireland have higher inequality, and France, the United Kingdom, and Italy, occupy an intermediate position; differences in the distribution of income outweigh differences in average incomes: the poorest families in the United States fare less well than those in a number of European countries; and, the 'Europe-wide' distribution, viewing the European Union as an entity, is less unequal than that in the United States.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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