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Inegalitate

Reducerea inegalităților pentru cetățenii UE și promovarea convergenței ascendente a condițiilor de viață ocupă un loc important pe agenda politică a Comisiei Europene. Factorii care determină inegalitatea pot include sexul, vârsta, dizabilitatea, statutul profesional și cetățenia, cu implicații pentru salarii și venituri, accesul la servicii de asistență socială, sănătate și educație.

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15 September 2025

A picture of wealth inequality across EU Member States
Carlos Vacas‑Soriano

Wealth inequality across EU Member States has important implications for access to education, healthcare and housing, as well as for people’s ability to actively participate in society.

This article summarises some of the main findings from the recently published report Unequal wealth: Exploring socioeconomic disparities across the EU. It maps wealth inequalities across EU Member States by drawing on data from the European Central Bank’s Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS), covering the period between 2010 and 2021.

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15 September 2025

Unequal wealth: Exploring socioeconomic disparities across the EU
Zsolt Darvasand 3 other authors
Wealth inequality is not just an economic issue but a societal one. Ownership of assets can have significant implications for access to education, healthcare, housing and political influence. This study examines wealth inequality trends across EU Member States, using data from the European Central Bank’s Household Finance and Consumption Survey and covering 2010–2021.
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29 October 2024

A snapshot of income inequality and middle class across the EU
Carlos Vacas‑Soriano
After years of being sidelined in the European policy debate as labour markets recovered in the wake of the Great Recession, inequality is back on the agenda following the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing cost-of-living crisis. A widespread public perception is that inequality is growing while the middle class is shrinking. This article presents a more nuanced picture: income inequality in the EU as a whole has declined due to strong income convergence between the Member States; changes in income inequality across these countries are mixed, increasing in about half of them and declining in the other half; and the middle class shrank in almost two-thirds of Member States since 2006.

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29 October 2024

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A snapshot of income inequality and middle class across the EU

After years of being sidelined in the European policy debate as labour markets recovered in the wake of the Great Recession, inequality is back on the agenda following the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing cost-of-living crisis. A widespread public perception is that inequality is growing while the middle class is shrinking. This article presents a more nuanced picture: income inequality in the EU as a whole has declined due to strong income convergence between the Member States; changes in income inequality across these countries are mixed, increasing in about half of them and declining in the other half; and the middle class shrank in almost two-thirds of Member States since 2006.

24 January 2023

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Economic and social inequalities in Europe in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic had varying impacts on social groups, depending on existing disadvantages, and it was widely believed that it triggered a rise in inequalities across different areas of life. Using indicators from the EU’s Multidimensional Inequality Monitoring Framework (MIMF), this report shows how inequality in the spheres of income, health, employment and education changed between 2010 and 2020. It also examines the main drivers of this change during the pandemic and explores the relationships between government policies in several domains and inequality.

20 December 2021

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Monitoring convergence in the European Union: Looking backwards to move forward – Upward convergence through crises

Upward convergence lies at the heart of the EU project. Member States and their citizens sign up to be part of the Union, as they expect their membership will lead to balanced economic prosperity and social progress across countries. Increasing disparities between Member States, as happened during the 2008–2013 economic crisis, could be seen as a betrayal of the EU’s promise, and potentially lay the seeds for discontent and disintegration. This flagship report is the culmination of Eurofound’s research into monitoring convergence in the EU, which was initiated in 2017. It describes the shifting dynamics of upward convergence over the period 2008–2019, explores the short-term impact of COVID-19 on European economies and societies, together with its implications for convergence, and discusses the long-term effects of the pandemic and the future of upward economic and social convergence in Europe.

9 May 2021

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Living, working and COVID-19 (Update April 2021): Mental health and trust decline across EU as pandemic enters another year

The third round of Eurofound's e-survey, fielded in February and March 2021, sheds light on the social and economic situation of people across Europe following nearly a full year of living with COVID-19 restrictions. This report analyses the main findings and tracks ongoing developments and trends across the 27 EU Member States since the survey was first launched in April 2020. It pinpoints issues that have surfaced over the course of the pandemic, such as increased job insecurity due to the threat of job loss, decline in mental well-being levels, erosion of recent gains in gender equality, fall in trust levels vis-à-vis institutions, deterioration of work–life balance and growth of vaccine hesitancy. The results of the survey highlight the need for a holistic approach to support all the groups hit hard by the crisis in order to prevent them from falling further behind.

30 March 2021

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Wealth distribution and social mobility

This report explores the distribution of household wealth in the EU Member States and analyses the role of wealth in social mobility. Using data from three datasets (the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and the Luxembourg Wealth Study), it focuses on wealth per household member. Wealth composition is compared across social groups and countries, and the role of housing assets in wealth distribution and negative wealth is assessed. The findings show that parental background, including parental wealth, has an impact on educational and wealth mobility. In order to promote equality of opportunities in terms of access to education and housing, the impact of wealth inequalities, including differences in parental wealth, should be counterbalanced. The report also suggests that regularising wealth declaration in the EU could be a way of promoting social justice by minimising hidden wealth and combating tax evasion.

10 December 2019

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A more equal Europe? Convergence and the European Pillar of Social Rights

The European Pillar of Social Rights is designed to act as a compass for a renewed process of upward convergence among Member States towards better working and living conditions. It is accompanied by a Social Scoreboard to monitor the progress made by Member States. This policy brief presents the results of an investigation into the upward convergence patterns of the headline indicators of the Social Scoreboard and the relationship between convergence and the business cycle from 2008 to 2018. The results show that although the economic crisis that engulfed Europe from 2008 slowed down the convergence of Member States on some indicators, upward convergence on several has been restored, including the indicators on employment and risk of poverty. While the analysis uncovers different dynamics of upward convergence for most indicators, some very stable and some more unstable, few indicators still show a downward trend over the decade.

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Tadas Leončikas

Head of Unit
Employment research

Tadas Leončikas este șeful unității de ocupare a forței de muncă la Eurofound din septembrie 2022. Înainte de aceasta, a fost manager senior de cercetare în cadrul unității de politici sociale, gestionând sondajul european privind calitatea vieții (EQLS) și dezvoltând cercetarea Eurofound. De când s-a alăturat Eurofound în 2010, a lucrat pe diverse subiecte, inclusiv metode de sondaj, calitatea vieții, mobilitatea socială, incluziunea socială, încrederea și inadecvarea locuințelor. În cariera sa anterioară, a condus Institutul de Studii Etnice din Lituania, unde a lucrat la studii legate de situația minorităților etnice, a migranților și a altor grupuri vulnerabile. În calitate de cercetător, a colaborat anterior cu Agenția pentru Drepturi Fundamentale a Uniunii Europene, Programul Națiunilor Unite pentru Dezvoltare și Organizația Internațională pentru Migrație. Are un doctorat în sociologie.

Massimiliano Mascherini

Head of Unit
Social policies research

Massimiliano Mascherini este șeful unității de politici sociale din cadrul Eurofound din octombrie 2019. S-a alăturat Eurofound în 2009 ca manager de cercetare, proiectând și coordonând proiecte privind ocuparea forței de muncă în rândul tinerilor, NEET și incluziunea lor socială, precum și privind participarea femeilor pe piața muncii. În 2017, a devenit manager principal de cercetare în cadrul unității de politici sociale, unde a condus noi cercetări privind monitorizarea convergenței în UE. Pe lângă activitatea la Sondajul european privind calitatea vieții, el conduce și pregătirea și analiza sondajelor electronice privind COVID-19. Anterior, a fost ofițer științific la Centrul Comun de Cercetare al Comisiei Europene. A studiat la Universitatea din Florența, unde s-a specializat în științe actuariale și statistice și a obținut un doctorat în statistică aplicată. A fost cercetător invitat la Universitatea din Sydney și la Universitatea Aalborg și profesor invitat la Academia Pontificală de Științe Sociale.

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