(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, 2013) Kasprzyk, Beata; Kasprzyk, Aleksander
The paper presents the theoretical elements of the economic debate on the relationship between inequality and prosperity and economic growth. Quantitatively, the derogation from the egalitarian distribution of income shows the Gini coefficient. The work concerns the comparison and evaluation of income inequality based on the Gini index and other measures (indicators diversity quintal) for the EU-27 in 2006–2010. Moreover, income inequality is shown in the long term for the Poland and Europe countries and making the assessment of inequalities for certain social groups and Polish regions.