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Between-Class Earnings Inequality in 30 European Countries: a Regression-Based Decomposition
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Abstract This article studies earnings inequality between social classes across 30 European countries. Class inequality in earnings is found across the board although there are some exceptions. However, the degree of class inequality varies strongly across countries being larger in Western and Southern Europ... view more
This article studies earnings inequality between social classes across 30 European countries. Class inequality in earnings is found across the board although there are some exceptions. However, the degree of class inequality varies strongly across countries being larger in Western and Southern European countries and smaller in Eastern and Northern European countries. Furthermore, we find that differences in class composition in terms of observed characteristics associated with earnings account for a substantial proportion of these between-class differences. Differences between classes in the returns to education and other characteristics play less of a role. In all these respects there is a sizeable cross-national variation. This points to important differences between countries in how earnings are structured by social class.... view less
Keywords
Europe; difference in income; social class; EU; social inequality; social stratum
Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Free Keywords
cross-national variation; inequality decomposition; EU-SILC 2017
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 741-778
Journal
Comparative Sociology, 20 (2021) 6
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1163/15691330-bja10046
ISSN
1569-1330
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed