income disparity

Wealth distribution imbalance

Income disparity is the gap between what different people or groups earn.

The term appears in discussions of economic inequality, often highlighting differences between rich and poor, between demographic groups, or between regions: Income disparity in the city has widened over the past decade.

Also called income inequality or income gap.

Opposites
economic equality

income disparityincome equality

Even wealth distribution

wage equality · equal pay · pay equity · economic equality · fair wages

economic fairness/justice

income disparityeconomic justice

Fair allocation of resources

economic equity · fair compensation · economic fairness

social structure

income disparityegalitarianism

Philosophy of universal equality

classless society · social equality · classlessness · universal basic income · wealth redistribution

Family

income, incoming, disparity, incomes, incomer, incomers

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