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Income inequality in the 21st century Poland

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  • Pawel Bukowski

    (UCL - University College of London [London], LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science, PAS - Polish Academy of Sciences [Poznan, Poland])

  • Pawel Chrostek

    (Ministry of Finance, Poland, PAS - Polish Academy of Sciences [Poznan, Poland])

  • Filip Novokmet

    (Universität Bonn = University of Bonn, WIL - World Inequality Lab)

  • Marek Skawiński

    (Ministry of Finance, Poland)

Abstract

This paper combines micro-level tax data, household surveys and national accounts data to provide consistent series of income distribution in Poland over the 2000-2018 period. We find that inequalities in Poland are one of the largest in Europe. In 2018, the share of income accrued to the top 10% is 37.4%, to the middle 40% is 41.1%, and to the bottom 50% is 21.5%. The top 1% earns 13.4% of the total income. The increase in income inequality during this period was largely driven by high business incomes in top income shares. The extent of redistribution in Poland is modest. The tax system is regressive at the top of the income distribution due to lower taxation of business income and the low burden of social contributions. Finally, we show that top income groups are dominated by business owners, males, and big city dwellers, and these groups have been the largest beneficiaries of Poland's strong growth since 2000. Gender inequality has been high and stable in Poland, with a steeply decreasing female share with income rank (e.g. the share of females in top 0.1% group was 18% in 2018) .

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  • Pawel Bukowski & Pawel Chrostek & Filip Novokmet & Marek Skawiński, 2023. "Income inequality in the 21st century Poland," Working Papers halshs-04423958, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:wpaper:halshs-04423958
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