In parts of Europe, income inequality barely changed at the onset of the pandemic

Abstract

Furlough and social security benefits meant disposable household incomes were protected to a substantial degree at the start of the pandemic. Income inequality was largely unchanged, write Olga Cantó (Universidad de Alcalá), Francesco Figari (University of Insubria), Carlo Fiorio (University of Milan) and Iva Tasseva (LSE)