November 2026: Presentation of Vipul Chawla at the Homecoming of the Göttingen School of Development Economics
Group member Vipul Chawla presented his research at the Homecoming of the Göttingen School of Development Economics. The presentation was a joint work with Prof. Kopp entitled "A Room of One’s Own? A Panel Data Analysis of Income Inequality and Living Space in Post-Communist and Non-Post-Communist Countries in Europe.”
This study explores the relationship between income inequality and living space in Europe, and whether this association differs between post-communist and non-post-communist countries. The results suggest a significant positive but non-linear relationship between income inequality and living space, which may be explained by competing channels in play: conspicuous consumption at the top and housing crowding at the bottom of the income distribution.