These findings are consistent with those of Gregg and Vittori (2009) who examined the mobility in labour earnings of individuals aged 20-64 in Denmark, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, also using ECHP data. Longer-term earnings inequality reduction was greatest in Denmark followed by Italy. Germany was the least mobile, with Spain and the UK in between. Riener (2012) investigated the extent to which declines in inequality are directly related to the frequency and magnitude of relative income variations, using ECHP data for 13 European countries.