EU Sources - Report on middle income - April 30, 2017

A PEW report reveals that the fortunes of the middle classes in Western Europe’s largest economies are moving in opposite directions. From 1991 to 2010, the shares of adults living in middle-income households increased in France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, but shrank in Germany, Italy and Spain. Among the 11 Western European countries examined in the report, Ireland experienced the most rapid growth in income from 1991 to 2010 and the biggest expansion of the middle class. Several other countries in Western Europe also experienced large gains in household income. However, rising incomes did not translate into expanding middle classes in these countries.

English: http://www.pewglobal.org/2017/04/24/middle-class-fortunes-in-western-europe/

The report: http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content ...  

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