Revenues inequalities are rising in Belgium. This finding is frequently coupled to globalization and the evolution through a knowledge economy in popular media. Is everything said or are there alternative explanations possible?

The report “Richer but less equal. Is the recent raise in revenue inequalities a statistical construction?” concludes that the rise in revenues inequalities seems mainly due to a strong social and fiscal dynamic. Given that the number of fiscal declaration continues rising in Belgium, revenues inequalities based on the Gini coefficient will continue rising without taking into account the classical corrections such as activation programs, bigger benefits or more fiscal progressiveness.