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SUMMARY<br />
This paper focuses on the <strong>di</strong>stributional impact of a particular type of non-cash<br />
income, the “imputed rent” in four European Countries (France, Italy, Spain and<br />
United Kingdom) by the use of Eu-Silc data. The estimation method rely on hedonic<br />
regression, corrected by the Heckman procedure to face the sample selection problem.<br />
Taking the <strong>di</strong>sposable income net of non-monetary components as a baseline case, the<br />
inclusion of IR causes a general increase of <strong>di</strong>sposable income and reduction in<br />
inequality indexes, more pronounced for Spain. Following the ranking provided by the<br />
Gini indexes, UK and France remain respectively the most and the least unequal<br />
Countries.<br />
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Andrea CUTILLO, Istituto Nazionale <strong>di</strong> Statistica, Con<strong>di</strong>zioni e Qualità della Vita.<br />
Davide DI LAUREA, Istituto Nazionale <strong>di</strong> Statistica, Con<strong>di</strong>zioni Economiche delle<br />
Famiglie.