Examining the relationships between income inequalities and different dimensions of well-being in selected Central Eastern European (CEE) countries.

ABSTRACT: This article examines the relationships between different dimensions of well-being and income inequalities across selected Central Eastern European countries after joining the European Union in 2004. Regarding the multivariety of well-being concept, it explores its 5 dimensions (material dimension, health dimension, education dimension, environmental dimension, happiness). Accounting for the interactions between dimensions of well-being matters for the inequalities, we conducted an in-depth analysis by adopting PMG estimation and panel ARDL model to assess the short-run and long-run links between variables. The results of conducted analysis allowed us to identify the canals through which income inequalities are linked directly or indirectly with the particular dimensions of well-being. In

SUBMITTER: Szczepaniak M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8081245 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature