contribution of vehicle use items to total expenditure inequality decreases over time, thus reflecting the more and more widespread …

disparities. Comparing polarization and inequality, we find similarities, but also some differences. Our results therefore … underscore the importance of studying polarization as distinct from traditional inequality. …

The article analyses the joint determinants of inequality and growth with a special emphasis on public spending … inequality and growth, as more generally government expenditures seem to act counter-cyclically and inequality reducing. Also …

We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method that allows us to …

In the paper, a combined approach is used to test for inequality differences of several well-being categories for a … number of groups of persons. Hereby, total inequality is decomposed into within- and into between-group/category inequality … (via a normalised coefficient of variation as the used inequality indicator). The decompositions are categorised into those …

economies, which has coincided with an increase in intra-country income inequality, both within and between skill groups. This … article surveys the key mechanisms of the globalization-inequality relationship. Four strands of literature are reviewed … generate most of the observed facts on trade and inter-skill group inequality, but also between unequally talented workers …

We review the literature on the links between inequality, growth and welfare. Three questions are addressed: 1) What is … the impact of growth and development on inequality? 2) What is the impact of inequality on growth, development and welfare … impact of inequality on growth is twofold. Firstly, inequality fosters growth when this is based on capital accumulation, but …

presence of inequality, however, it deviates or refracts from the ideal condition. In this paper, I try to measure economic … inequality from the index of refraction. First, I compute such an index for each stratum to evaluate condition in each and then … add all to propose an overall measure of economic inequality, which appears to be a standardised measure of the length of …

Do people care about income inequality and does income inequality affect subjective wellbeing? Welfare theories can … predict either a positive or a negative impact of income inequality on subjective well-being and empirical research has found … such empirical heterogeneity. Using a very large sample of world citizens we test the consistency of income inequality in …

acknowledged approaches in the study of income inequality and redistribution: Kakwani’s (1984) decomposition of redistributive … inequality into contributions of different income components. The roles of taxes and benefits in achieving vertical, horizontal …