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The European Commission put forward its strategy for the 2010–2020 period in its Europe 2020 Communication. Inequality should be seen as a cornerstone of both sustainable and inclusive growth. In fact, unequal societies are also more unstable societies (i.e. unsustainable) and more polarised (i.e. exclusive). The analysis of available data and the established consensus in the literature shows four main stylised facts.
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This work has been prepared for the European Commission, funded with order VC/2012/1261 (DG EMPL). The views expressed are purely those of the author and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an offi cial position of the European Commission. This paper belongs to a set of policy contributions that were part of the GINI Project, whose team we thank for discussion and suggestions. A special acknowledgement is due to Virginia Maestri, Wiemer Salverda and to all the participants to a seminar at DG EMPL. I would like to thank Mario Pianta and Claudio Gnesutta for discussions on the main topics of the article. The usual disclaimer applies.
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Bogliacino, F. Inequality and Europe 2020. Intereconomics 49, 288–294 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-014-0511-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-014-0511-1