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How where you live affects your pay

Luis Bauluz, Pawel Bukowski, Mark Fransham, Annie Seong Lee, Neil Lee, Margarita Lopez Forero, Filip Novokmet and Moritz Schularick


Tackling inequality between regions within a country has become a political priority across much of the advanced world. Luis Bauluz, Pawel Bukowski, Mark Fransham, Annie Seong Lee, Neil Lee, Margarita Lopez Forero, Filip Novokmet and Moritz Schularick highlight that contrary to popular belief, inequality has been falling in some European countries and that geographical inequality in wages is not a major contributor to national income inequality.


20 February 2024     Paper Number CEPCP674

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This CentrePiece article is published under the centre's Labour programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: Labour market inequalities: Causes and cures