Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Chiara Mussida 
Author-X-Name-First: Chiara
Author-X-Name-Last: Mussida
Author-Email: chiara.mussida@unicatt.it
Author-Workplace-Name: DISCE, Università Cattolica
Author-Name: Maria Laura Parisi
Author-X-Name-First: Maria Laura
Author-X-Name-Last: Parisi
Author-Email: marialaura.parisi@unibs.it
Author-Workplace-Name: Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università degli Studi di Brescia
Title: The effect of economic crisis on regional income inequality in Italy
Abstract: This paper analyzes the determinants of unequal income distribution across macro-regions in Italy, and whether the latest economic crisis has had an effect on income inequality within or between regions. Inequality between individuals and between families appears
greatest in the south, and the crisis has exacerbated this phenomenon. Econometric analyses by population groups and by nationality suggest that high educational attainment levels and larger households contribute to increasing the household income, whereas being female
and foreign tend to reduce household income. The income distribution of foreign-born individuals tends to be more asymmetric, with heavier tails, compared to that of nationals.
Length: 58 pages
Creation-Date: 2016-07
Publication-Status: 
File-URL: http://dipartimenti.unicatt.it/dises-dises_wp_16_114.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2016
Number: dises1614
Classification-JEL: D31, F22, O15, R23
Keywords: regional income inequality, household income inequality, economic crisis
Handle: RePEc:ctc:serie2:dises1614