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  • 标题:Household finance and income inequality in the euro area
  • 作者:Oliver Denk ; Alexandre Cazenave-Lacroutz
  • 期刊名称:Economics Department Working Papers / OECD
  • 印刷版ISSN:0259-4633
  • 出版年度:2015
  • 卷号:2015
  • DOI:10.1787/5js04v5wh9zs-en
  • 出版社:Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • 摘要:The size and composition of assets and liabilities of households differ vastly across the income distribution in euro area countries. This paper shows that differences between income groups in household finance on both sides of the balance sheet contribute to income inequality. The distribution of household credit is two times as unequal and the distribution of stock market wealth four times as unequal as the distribution of household income. Larger credit and stock markets may thus widen income inequality by providing people with high incomes with better investment opportunities and raising the returns on their savings. In addition, financial institutions help people protect their consumption against temporary changes in their income. But they do so unevenly across the distribution, as a household is more likely to be denied credit if it has a low income. No evidence is found of discrimination in credit provision against women or immigrants.
  • 关键词:stock market; income inequality; immigrants; discrimination; euro area; household credit; wealth inequality; Women
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