Income, consumption and wealth inequality in Spain

Abstract: This paper analyses the level of inequality in Spain and how it evolved over the course of the past crisis and the early stages of the current recovery. To this end, it first introduces the various dimensions of wage, income, consumption and wealth inequality, and studies how they have developed. The analysis shows less wage dispersion in Spain than in other comparable economies, even after the crisis years, while the surge in unemployment during the period resulted in a high level of inequality in per capita income. The level of inequality in Spain is more moderate when total gross household income is analysed, decreasing during the crisis as a result of pensions developing more favourably than other sources of income, in conjunction with young people delaying setting up home. Inequality in per capita consumption rose during the crisis, particularly as a result of a decrease in expenditure on consumer durables by low-income households. Wealth inequality exceeds income inequality a

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association ; 9 (2018) 4 ; 351-387

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2018
• Creator: Anghel, Brindusa ; Basso, Henrique S. ; Bover, Olympia ; Casado, Jose Maria ; Hospido, Laura ; Izquierdo, Mario ; Kataryniuk, Iván ; Lacuesta, Aitor ; Montero, José Manuel ; Vozmediano, Elena

Further information

• DOI: 10.1007/s13209-018-0185-1
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-73913-5
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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