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Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús Angulo-Guerrero, María José 2024-09-30T07:50:11Z 2024-09-30T07:50:11Z 2016-01-25 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 https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33951 10.1080/17487870.2015.1128832 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. eng open access Economía de mercado - Unión Europea Unión Europea - Situación económica - Disparidades regionales Does economic freedom increase income inequality? Evidence from the EU countries journal article