TY - GEN AB - This text is the Europe volume in an international series on income, wealth, consumption, well-being, & inequality. It focuses on the European Union (EU) & its member countries & other European countries that are in close association with it. The book provides an overview of economic & social trends in the countries & in country groupings. It takes the long-term process of European integration as a starting point. It addresses policy areas pertaining to certain aspects of inequality & the European social model in thematic chapters. It makes a specific point to look at the EU not as a conglomerate of individual countries but as an economic & political entity whose parts are closely interlinked politically & economically. It considers commonalities & differences in institutions & policies as they might impact the situation not just in one country but in the Union as a whole. AU - Fischer, Georg, AU - Strauss, Robert, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - HC240.9.I5 ID - 959606 KW - Income distribution KW - Wealth KW - Equality KW - Income distribution KW - Wealth KW - Equality LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197545706.001.0001 N1 - Published in collaboration with the Center for International Policy Exchanges, University of Maryland. N2 - This text is the Europe volume in an international series on income, wealth, consumption, well-being, & inequality. It focuses on the European Union (EU) & its member countries & other European countries that are in close association with it. The book provides an overview of economic & social trends in the countries & in country groupings. It takes the long-term process of European integration as a starting point. It addresses policy areas pertaining to certain aspects of inequality & the European social model in thematic chapters. It makes a specific point to look at the EU not as a conglomerate of individual countries but as an economic & political entity whose parts are closely interlinked politically & economically. It considers commonalities & differences in institutions & policies as they might impact the situation not just in one country but in the Union as a whole. SN - 9780197545737 T1 - Europe's income, wealth, consumption, and inequality / TI - Europe's income, wealth, consumption, and inequality / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197545706.001.0001 ER -