Podcast
24 January 2019
Backstage: Policy principles for a new social contract
This episode of The Sound of Economics features Bruegel senior fellow Zsolt Darvas in conversation with Maurizio Bussolo and Bernadette Ségol about in
Inequality
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Opinion piece
04 December 2018
Macroéconomie et gilets jaunes
Les analyses de la fronde des gilets jaunes ont surtout mis l’accent sur la répartition des revenus et des prélèvements entre catégories sociales et s
External publication
15 November 2018
Examining interrelation between global and national income inequalities
The author contributed to the new issue of 'The Russian Journal of Economics' with a paper on the global dimension of the inequality trends
Book
14 November 2018
The distributional effects of climate policies
The distributional consequences are likely to be a major driver of future climate policies. Policymakers will not accept forceful decarbonisation poli
Blog post
24 September 2018
Inequality in China
After amply discussing income inequality in Europe and the US, economists are now looking at the magnitude, implications and possible remedies for thi
Annual meetings
03 September 2018
Bruegel Annual Meetings 2018, 3-4 September
The 2018 Annual Meetings featured sessions on European and global economic governance, as well as finance, energy and innovation.
Event
03 September 2018
Bruegel Annual Meetings 2018
The 2018 Annual Meetings will be held on 3-4 September and will feature sessions on European and global economic governance, as well as finance, ener
Article
18 July 2018
Economic benefits of the Digital Single Market
Testimony before the European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO).
Blog post
05 July 2018
EU income inequality decline: Views from an income shares perspective
Over the past decade, the income share of low earners has increased in the EU while that of top earners has slightly declined. Although the upward con
Annual report
17 May 2018
Bruegel Annual Report 2017
The Bruegel annual report provides a broad overview of the organisation's work in the previous year.
Blog post
30 April 2018
European income inequality begins to fall once again
Following almost a decade of relative stability, income inequality within the EU recorded a sizeable decline in 2016, reaching its lowest value since
Blog post
19 April 2018
Global income inequality is declining – largely thanks to China and India
Income inequality among citizens of 146 continues to fall, though at a somewhat reduced pace, according to the updated Bruegel dataset. Income conver
External publication
12 March 2018
Why is it so hard to reach the EU’s poverty target?
Why is it so hard to reach the Europe 2020 ‘poverty’ target? What does the poverty indicator actually measure? Why was the Lisbon strategy goal of tac
Opinion piece
08 February 2018
Climate policies risk increasing social inequality
The aggressive political interventions needed to effectively counteract climate change will make the rich richer and the poor poorer, if social concer
Blog post
15 January 2018
A few good (wo)men – on the representation of women in economics
Last week, the American Economics Association Annual Meetings held a session on Gender Issues in Economics and later announced that a new code of prof
Podcast
14 December 2017
Inclusive Europe: a journey towards integration
How has immigration become an essential part of the EU? What incentives should be made to encourage EU intra-mobility? Why and how should we proceed t