Artikel
Measurement and decomposition of Lithuania's income inequality
Even though Lithuania's household income inequality is among the highest in the European Union (EU), little empirical work has been carried out to explain such disparities. We investigate it using the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions sample microdata. We confirm that income inequality in Lithuania is high compared to the EU average. Our decompositions reveal that the number of employed household members in Lithuania's households affects income inequality more as compared to the EU. It is related to a larger labour income, and self-employment income, in particular, contribution to inequality in Lithuania. Moreover, taxes, social contributions, and transfers reduce income inequality in Lithuania less than in the EU. Specifically, income taxes and social contributions are less progressive while transfers constitute a smaller share of income in Lithuania than in the EU. Income taxes and social contributions are effectively regressive for the self-employed in Lithuania.
- Sprache
-
Englisch
- Erschienen in
-
Journal: Baltic Journal of Economics ; ISSN: 2334-4385 ; Volume: 20 ; Year: 2020 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 139-169 ; London: Taylor & Francis
- Klassifikation
-
Wirtschaft
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
- Thema
-
European Union
factor decomposition
Income inequality
Kakwani
Lithuania
subgroup decomposition
- Ereignis
-
Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
-
Černiauskas, Nerijus
Čiginas, Andrius
- Ereignis
-
Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
-
Taylor & Francis
- (wo)
-
London
- (wann)
-
2020
- DOI
-
doi:10.1080/1406099X.2020.1780693
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
-
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
Datenpartner
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
Objekttyp
- Artikel
Beteiligte
- Černiauskas, Nerijus
- Čiginas, Andrius
- Taylor & Francis
Entstanden
- 2020
Ähnliche Objekte (12)
Measurement and decomposition of Lithuania's income inequality
Work incentives across the income distribution and for model families in Lithuania: 2005-2013
Determinants of the downward sloping segment of the EKC in high-income countries: The role of income inequality and institutional arrangement
Does the shadow economy increase income inequality in the short- and long-run? Empirical evidence from Uganda
Fintech, financial inclusion and income inequality nexus in Africa
Monetary policy transmission: the case of Lithuania
"Nothing is impracticable for a single, middle-aged woman with an income of her own": the spinster in women's fiction of the 1920s
Threshold effects of fiscal decentralization on income inequality: Evidence from Vietnam
Gender wage gap in Estonia: a non-parametric decomposition
Decomposition analysis of the pollution intensities in the case of the United Kingdom
Change and prediction of income and fertility rates across countries
Geographic expansion, income diversification, and bank stability: Evidence from Vietnam
Measurement and decomposition of Lithuania's income inequality
Work incentives across the income distribution and for model families in Lithuania: 2005-2013
Determinants of the downward sloping segment of the EKC in high-income countries: The role of income inequality and institutional arrangement
Does the shadow economy increase income inequality in the short- and long-run? Empirical evidence from Uganda
Fintech, financial inclusion and income inequality nexus in Africa
Monetary policy transmission: the case of Lithuania
"Nothing is impracticable for a single, middle-aged woman with an income of her own": the spinster in women's fiction of the 1920s
Threshold effects of fiscal decentralization on income inequality: Evidence from Vietnam
Gender wage gap in Estonia: a non-parametric decomposition
Decomposition analysis of the pollution intensities in the case of the United Kingdom
Change and prediction of income and fertility rates across countries
Geographic expansion, income diversification, and bank stability: Evidence from Vietnam
Measurement and decomposition of Lithuania's income inequality
Work incentives across the income distribution and for model families in Lithuania: 2005-2013
Determinants of the downward sloping segment of the EKC in high-income countries: The role of income inequality and institutional arrangement
Does the shadow economy increase income inequality in the short- and long-run? Empirical evidence from Uganda
Fintech, financial inclusion and income inequality nexus in Africa
Monetary policy transmission: the case of Lithuania
"Nothing is impracticable for a single, middle-aged woman with an income of her own": the spinster in women's fiction of the 1920s
Threshold effects of fiscal decentralization on income inequality: Evidence from Vietnam
Gender wage gap in Estonia: a non-parametric decomposition
Decomposition analysis of the pollution intensities in the case of the United Kingdom
Change and prediction of income and fertility rates across countries