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Publication | 2018

Brains and gains: innovation and income distribution in Europe

Brains and gains: innovation and income distribution in Europe
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Headlines

  • The JRC conducted a systematic empirical analysis that sheds light on the innovation– inequality nexus in the European Union over the period 2004-2014.
  • Innovation is associated with lower levels of overall income inequality.
  • At the same time, innovation disproportionately benefits those with high incomes.