Income Inequality in a Context of Financial Crisis

Abstract

The article is an attempt to present the outcomes of financial crises on income inequality in countries at various stages of economic development. Article consists of two parts. The first part discusses the theoretical and empirical research on implications of conjuncture fluctuations and crises itself for income inequality. The second part refers to discretion of income inequality change during and after the financial crises 2007–2008 within the OECD countries. last part of the article is the conclusion that sums up the issues analyzed in the text.