We analyze the effects of the expansions of the European Union on inequality over the period 1960-2005 using an … survival rates and different rates of economic growth. According to our estimates, inequality in terms of permanent income was … stimulate growth in the less developed countries. In fact, according to our estimates, with an annual β-convergence of 2% in …

The literature on inequality among economies has focused on analysing the dispersion of indicators such as annual per … capita income. This paper adopts a different approach, as it considers the life cycle dimensionof inequality, life expectancy … and whether annual per capita income can be expected to converge or not in the future. The determinants of inequality in …

developed countries. With an annual β-convergence of 2% in current income, inequality in permanent income would be one third …We analyze the effects of the expansions of the European Union on inequality using an approach based on individuals … usual analyses of inequality that focus on the evolution of current per capita income for the period. Our results show that …

In this working paper we analyze the effects of the expansions of the European Union on inequality using an approach … survival rates on inequality. It differs from the usual analyses of inequality that focus on the evolution of current per … capita income for the period. The results show that inequality in terms of permanent income was substantially less than in …

inequality-affecting (shape-influenced) convergence of distributions. …Mainstream monitoring of income dynamics and inequality is based on summary measures that can miss important phenomena … Rizzo (2004), we characterize the change and convergence of net equivalized income distributions among European Union …