areas where incomes are relatively low. While it is most common to confine measures of inequality to national borders, the … most important. Inequality in Europe has risen quite substantially since the mid 1980s. While the EU enlargement process … has contributed to this, it is not the only explanation since inequality has also increased within a “core” of 8 European …

This chapter reviews the evidence on cross-national comparisons of annual disposable income inequality in over 20 …-national comparison of survey-based household income data. With these caveats in mind, we present data on both the level of inequality … during the early to mid-1990s, and in inequality trends since 1970. While most comparisons are made in terms of relative …

in poverty and income inequality, up to 2010 or 2011 in most countries. We provide measures of the levels and trends in … income inequality, and inequality among those with top incomes. …

areas where incomes are relatively low. While it is most common to confine measures of inequality to national borders, the … most important. Inequality in Europe has risen quite substantially since the mid 1980s. While the EU enlargement process … has contributed to this, it is not the only explanation since inequality has also increased within a “core” of 8 European …

? How do the facts relate to proposed theories about changes in inequality? We present the main inequality trends, in some …-called top income literature and new evidence on wealth concentration. The picture that emerges shows that inequality was … increasing concentration, but in most cases inequality seems to have been relatively constant at a high level in the nineteenth …