SESSION 02. IVIE: Inequality in a Recessionary World: From global to local

19/06/2015

SESSION 02. IVIE: Inequality in a Recessionary World: From global to local

The last wave of globalization, and in particular in the recent economic crisis, has deeply reshaped the income distribution, both between and within countries in a very short period of time. The growing income inequality has been a cause of concern in many public debates and policy discussions, especially because today´s economic crisis is putting additional pressures on the distribution of incomes as well as many policy constraints to help people at the bottom of the income distribution.