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Tingyun Chen, Jean-Jacques Hallaert, Alexander Pitt, Haonan Qu, Maximilien Queyranne, Alaina P Rhee, Anna Shabunina, Jerome Vandenbussche, and Irene Yackovlev. Inequality and Poverty across Generations in the European Union, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2018) accessed June 21, 2025

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Summary

This SDN studies the evolution of inequality across age groups leading up to and since the global financial crisis, as well as implications for fiscal and labor policies. Europe’s population is aging, child and youth poverty are rising, and income support systems are often better equipped to address old-age poverty than the challenges faced by poor children and/or unemployed youth today.

Subject: Aging, Income inequality, Labor, National accounts, Personal income, Population and demographics, Poverty, Unemployment

Keywords: Absolute poverty, Aging, Europe, Global, IMF staff calculation, Income inequality, Income inequality, Inequality, Labor market institution, Labor market policy, Personal income, Personal income, Poverty, Redistribution, SDN, Unemployment, Youth poverty, Youth unemployment

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    51

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  • Series:

    Staff Discussion Notes No. 2018/001

  • Stock No:

    SDNEA2018001

  • ISBN:

    9781484338445

  • ISSN:

    2617-6750