Since the 1980s income inequality has increased in many industrialised countries and in 2011 World Economic Forum identified income inequality as one of the “two most serious challenges in the world”. While long-run and recent income inequality trends have been extensively researched, our understanding of why inequality differs some much across societies remains limited.

On October 18^th & 19^th, LISER hosted an international workshop on ‘What Drives Inequality’ organised with the University of Luxembourg and the University of Antwerp. The aim was to convene an international workshop to bring new light to the underlying drivers of inequality and to unpack the reasons for wide variations in inequality across countries and over time.

The 14 papers presented (found below in the book of abstracts) discussed the role of labour markets, taxation, social protection, redistributive policies and the role of deeper drivers such as political institutions, norms and attitudes and preferences for redistribution.

• View the Book of Abstracts
• View the workshop’s Programme

Call-for-papers

Papers presented at the workshop will be considered for possible publication in the 2019 issue of the Research on Economic Inequality volume (edited by Koen Decancq and Philippe Van Kerm). The call-for-papers is currently open with a submission deadline on November 15^th.

Further Details & Submission Form