Income inequality, growth, and the enlargement of the European Union

KUŞTEPELİ Y. R.

EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE, cilt.42, sa.6, ss.77-88, 2006 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2753/ree1540-496x420605
  • Dergi Adı: EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.77-88
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: enlargement of the European Union, European Union, growth, income inequality, Kuznets curve, HYPOTHESIS
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study investigates the relation between income inequality and economic growth, namely, the Kuznets curve, in the context of EU enlargement. The results have implications regarding how the latest enlargement of the European Union affects the relationship between income inequality and growth, for both EU member countries and the European Union as a region. Estimation results show that there is no evidence of a significant original or reverse Kuznets curve for any of the groups of countries in this study. Therefore, empirical results suggest that the latest enlargement, and a possible future accession of the candidates, may not change the fact that a Kuznets curve does not exist for the European Union.