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This indicates an important change in the composition of the bottom of the pan-European income distribution. The analysis reveals that living standards in the new EU Member States have improved in comparison with the EU-wide median, while living standards in the crisis-hit Southern European countries have deteriorated. Using EU-SILC data from 2008 to 2014, it compares income levels across countries, after accounting for average price differences, focusing on levels and trends of the EU-wide low-income proportion and the EU-wide low-income gap. This chapter examines trends at the lower tail of the EU-wide distribution of disposable household incomes.
