Income Inequality in Poland and the United Kingdom. Decomposition of the Theil Index

Muszyńska, Joanna; Oczki, Jarosław; Wędrowska, Ewa

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dc.contributor.author	Muszyńska, Joanna	de
dc.contributor.author	Oczki, Jarosław	de
dc.contributor.author	Wędrowska, Ewa	de
dc.date.accessioned	2021-05-27T14:36:17Z
dc.date.available	2021-05-27T14:36:17Z
dc.date.issued	2018	de
dc.identifier.issn	1898-0198	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/73214
dc.description.abstract	The aim of the article is to compare inequalities of the household disposable income in Poland and the UK. We analyse the Theil index for types of households in 2005 and 2014. We also aim at finding out how household types contribute to the level of overall income inequality in the UK and Poland. We calculate and decompose the Theil indices based on the equivalised disposable household income from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) database. We find that “two adults below 65 with no dependent children” household group is the main contributor to the overall Theil index in both countries. We also conclude that the between-group component of the Theil index decreases in Poland and increases in the UK and, in effect, in 2014, it is twice as high in the UK as in Poland.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Social sciences, sociology, anthropology	en
dc.subject.other	income inequality; Theil index; decomposition; EU-SILC	de
dc.title	Income Inequality in Poland and the United Kingdom. Decomposition of the Theil Index	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia
dc.source.volume	18	de
dc.publisher.country	POL
dc.source.issue	1	de
dc.subject.classoz	Einkommenspolitik, Lohnpolitik, Tarifpolitik, Vermögenspolitik	de
dc.subject.classoz	Income Policy, Property Policy, Wage Policy	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Haushaltseinkommen	de
dc.subject.thesoz	household income	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Einkommensunterschied	de
dc.subject.thesoz	difference in income	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Einkommensverteilung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	income distribution	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Lohnunterschied	de
dc.subject.thesoz	wage difference	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Ungleichheit	de
dc.subject.thesoz	inequality	en
dc.subject.thesoz	vergleichende Forschung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	comparative research	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Polen	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Poland	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Großbritannien	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Great Britain	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-73214-8
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0	en
ssoar.contributor.institution	FDB	de
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	108-122	de
internal.identifier.classoz	11004
internal.identifier.journal	2002
internal.identifier.document	32
internal.identifier.ddc	300
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2018-0009	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
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dc.subject.classhort	11000	de
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