Measuring unfair inequality: linking equal opportunities and escaping poverty is the title of the scientific paper presented last week by CESifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, writes Večernji.
Scientists from Cornell University in the United States calculated that among the 31 observed European countries, the least unfair income distribution, taking into account the risk of poverty, is in the Netherlands, Finland, Norway, France, Iceland, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic…
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The largest share of unfairness in the overall income distribution is in Lithuania, Italy, Romania, Latvia. Croatia ranks eighth in terms of unfair income distribution in Europe, significantly above the average in the group of ten countries.
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In addition to the aforementioned four, Spain, Greece, and Bulgaria are also worse and more unfair than Croatia. Among the former communist countries in Europe, a fairer income distribution than in Croatia exists in Hungary and Slovakia. Researchers at the CESifo Institute explain that the highest level of unfair income distribution in Europe occurred after 1991.
Here you can download the PDF document of the research.
