Accardo, Aliocha; Herbert, Sylverie; Jude, Cristina; … - 2023
This paper constructs an annual dataset of consumption by income quintiles for France since 1989 in order to make a … France. We find consumption inequality to be overall lower than income inequality, and not to follow the dynamics of income … inequality. Consumption inequality is also higher in the US than in France. Finally, based on the weights of the different …