Nierówności sytuacji dochodowej miast na prawach powiatu w województwie śląskim
Income inequality among cities with powiat rights in Śląskie voivodship

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the research is to assess whether the socio-economic policy pursued in the years 2006—2016 resulted in the reduction of income inequality among 19 cities with powiat rights in Śląskie voivodship. The research was based on the total and the own revenues from the annual reports prepared for the Regional Chamber of Audit. In the analysis, disproportion coefficients were applied, including the Gini coefficient and indicators based on order statistics. Changes in the degree of differentiation of meters characterising the disproportions among the cities with powiat rights occurring over the analysed years were examined. Determining the direction of changes enabled to identify whether inequalities in the analysed cases are a deepening problems or losing its significance. The obtained results may be used by the decision-making bodies aware of the need for reactions anticipating the negative effects of large stratification or to abandon such actions where the disproportions are small.

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