Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/328842 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] Economies [ISSN:] 2227-7099 [Volume:] 11 [Issue:] 8 [Article No.:] 217 [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 1-18
Publisher: 
MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
The issue of polarization, as opposed to inequality, has been little explored in European countries. In this paper, using data provided by the Luxembourg Income Studies Database, we look at the trend of income polarization in 12 European countries, the only ones available with two comparable years, using the relative distribution method. The results clearly show a trend toward polarization in almost the cases analyzed, with a concentrated prevalence in the lower tail of the distribution, thus observing a worsening in the distribution. Next, we look at drivers that may have contributed to these changes, using the RIF-regression method. It is interesting to observe how these characteristics are in many cases common across all countries: the occupational sector, level of education and area of residence have the same impact, albeit with different intensities, in all countries. This suggests the possibility of coordinated intervention across these nations, acting on the same variables for all of them.
Subjects: 
Europe
income polarization
relative distribution
RIF-regression
JEL: 
C14
D31
D63
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Document Type: 
Article

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