Forum: Inequality in Europe: What Can Be Done? What Should Be Done?

As economic inequality in Europe has continued to rise, it has become the subject of increasing academic attention. What are the drivers of inequality? How does it affect intergenerational economic and social mobility? At what point does inequality become a drag on economic growth or a threat to social order? What economic policy tools are available to reduce inequality?

This Forum addresses these and other aspects of this complex and disturbing trend. Case studies of Ireland, Germany and Spain also highlight the impact of economic inequality on individual member states

Contents of forum:
+ Maurizio Franzini and Michele Raitano: Economic Inequality and Its Impact on Intergenerational Mobility

+ Tim Callan, Brian Nolan, Claire Keane, Michael Savage and John R. Walsh: The Great Recession, Austerity and Inequality: Evidence from Ireland

+ Gerhard Bosch: Wage Inequality in Germany and the Bumpy Road to a Minimum Wage

+ Stéphane Bonhomme and Laura Hospido: Earnings Inequality in Spain

+ Ive Marx: Why Direct Income Redistribution Matters if We Are Really Concerned with Reducing Poverty

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