Workshop 3 Dec 2024

At our final workshop, we presented our research results of the 4-year research project funded by BELSPO. The project started from the observation that the consistently low and stable level of Belgian income inequality, as reported in official statistics, seems at odds with how the public at large experience inequality and its evolution, and this is framed in the public debate. We have called this the Belgian Paradox of Inequality Studies (BE-PARADIS). To shed light on this paradox, we not only thoroughly reviewed the data used, we also tapped new data sources and broadened the concept of ‘inequality’ to include dimensions other than just income.  

The event took place at the University Foundation in Brussels.