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T1 Does economic freedom increase income inequality? Evidence from the EU countries
A1 Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús
A1 Angulo-Guerrero, María José
K1 Europa - Situación económica
AB Over the past decades there have been considerable changes in policies and institutions in favor of economic freedom in the EU countries. This trend coincides with widespread increases in income inequality in numerous member states. To what extent does economic freedom encourage inequality? This paper examines the relationship between economic freedom and income inequality in the EU countries using panel data for the 2000s. The empirical evidence suggests that economic freedom seems to entail greater income inequality. However, not all areas of economic freedom affect income distribution similarly. While government size and regulation appear to be robustly associated with income inequality, legal system and property rights, sound money, and freedom to trade internationally seem not to be significantly related with income distribution in the European context.
YR 2015
FD 2015-07-22
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10630/10119
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10630/10119
LA eng
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026