Analysing Income Inequality in Serbia – From Data to Policy

The project was implemented with support form Friedrich Ebert Stiftung with main objectives to:
• Analyse in detail the current state of inequality in Serbia and discuss its trends in the last decade using the EU member states, Central and Eastern European economies and the Western Balkans as comparator countries.
• Calculate the disposable (post-tax-benefit) income inequality and the market (pre-tax-benefit) income inequality in Serbia and compare these results with the peer countries.
• Assess the relative importance of factors influencing income inequality in 2013.
• Explore the linkages between work intensity of household members and income inequality.
• Analyse ex ante the impact on inequality of recent individual reforms which have been part of fiscal consolidation programme – such as hike in the VAT rate, cuts in public sector salaries, pension cuts, introduction of actuarial penalties, changes in the Labour Law, etc.
• Based on the analysis of evolution and structural characteristics of income inequality, a set of recommendations will be developed on how to reduce current high levels of economic inequality and how to promote equality of opportunity in Serbia.

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