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The relative persistence of income inequality and intra-generational income mobility in Poland during and after the Great Financial Crisis (2008-2015)

by Marcin Wron ski a,*
a
Collegium of World Economy, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warszawa, Poland
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EAL  2023, 30; 2(3), 30; https://doi.org/10.58567/eal02030004
Received: 5 May 2023 / Accepted: 14 June 2023 / Published Online: 24 June 2023
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Poland has experienced a very sharp rise in income and wealth inequality after the economic transition. We measure the relative persistence of income inequality and intra-generational income mobility in Poland during the period 2008-2015. Our research is based on the panel survey data, our subsample includes 501 households. To measure the persistence of income inequality we calculate Shorrocks’s R coefficient. We find that if inequality is measured by the Gini index the relative persistence of income inequality in Poland is similar to Western Europe. In the case of the Theil index and the Mean Log Deviation (MLD), the relative persistence is higher than in a majority of Western Europe countries and similar to the United Kingdom or the United States. The income distribution in Poland is rather stable. Income mobility is lowest at the bottom and at the top of the income distribution. In the middle (3rd) quintile upward mobility is higher than downward mobility. The short-term income mobility in Poland has not changed during and after the Great Financial Crisis and is still medium in comparison with the rest of Europe.

Keywords: Economic inequality; income distribution; Poland; persistence of inequality; income mobility;
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Wron ski, M. The relative persistence of income inequality and intra-generational income mobility in Poland during and after the Great Financial Crisis (2008-2015). Economic Analysis Letters, 2023, 2, 30. https://doi.org/10.58567/eal02030004
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