European regional inequality

Joan R. Rosés, Nikolaus Wolf interviewed by Tim Phillips, 20 July 2018

Inequality between Europe's regions has risen in the last few decades. Joan Rosés and Nikolaus Wolf discuss their research on inequality at both the personal and regional levels across Europe in the last century. Rising regional inequality is one factor behind the growing populism in Europe.

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Topics:  Europe's nations and regions Politics and economics Poverty and income inequality

Tags:  Inequality, regional inequality, populism, Europe

Joan R. Rosés

Professor in Economic History, London School of Economics

Nikolaus Wolf

Chair of Economics and Economic History, Humboldt University Berlin; Research Affiliate, CEPR, CESifo

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