Κυριακή, Μαΐου 07, 2006

European income inequality

by Jerome a Paris
Thu May 4th, 2006 at 09:20:31 AM EDT

More pretty graphs, courtesy of Eurostat (pdf):

These represent the top decile, the bottom decile and the median for industrial and services incomes (so NOT overall incomes) by regions (above) and by countries (below).

The most interesting thing I see is that bottom deciles are remarkably similar across Europe and regions, except for the new members, which are still behind), and the difference in median levels comes from the presence of higher-paid layers in the richest regions, reflecting, presumably, their specialisation in higher value added jobs (like finance and the like).

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