RT Journal Article
T1 Does economic freedom increase income inequality? Evidence from the EU countries
A1 Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús
A1 Angulo-Guerrero, María José
K1 Economía de mercado - Unión Europea
K1 Unión Europea - Situación económica - Disparidades regionales
AB This paper examines the relationship between economic liberalization and income inequality in the EU using panel data for the 2000s. The empirical evidence suggests that economic freedom is strongly related to income inequality. However, not all areas of economic freedom affect income distribution similarly. Government size is robustly associated with inequality, and also when controlling for potential endogeneity in a dynamic panel data analysis. Regulation is linked to income inequality as well, whereas legal system and sound money have no significant effects on income distribution. In the case of freedom to trade internationally, the relationship differs between old (EU-15) and new (former socialist) EU countries.
PB Taylor and Francis Group
YR 2016
FD 2016-01-25
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33951
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33951
LA eng
NO Pérez-Moreno, S., & Angulo-Guerrero, M. J. (2016). Does economic freedom increase income inequality? Evidence from the EU countries. Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 19(4), 327–347. https://doi.org/10.1080/17487870.2015.1128832
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 25 ene 2026