There is a clear and persistent inequality of bureaucratic employment between individuals with a bureaucrat parent and … counter-corruption affect inequality and potential cronyism in bureaucratic employment through inter-generational transmission …

Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only … anecdotal evidence, and the limitation in how inequality was estimated in the past literature are the motivation for our … research. First we consider if inequality decreased in Nigeria between 2010 and 2018. We then examine how changes in inequality …

The literature on wealth inequality is expanding very fast. Wealth is usually more concentrated than income. However …, traditional measures of wealth inequality are based only on private wealth, and thus exclude public pension entitlements. In this … chapter, the literature on the impact of public pension entitlements on wealth inequality is discussed. Empirical research …

and 2020 and other data sources, we find within-province inequality to be much larger than between-province inequality …. Furthermore, this inequality gap is rising over time. Despite the country's fast poverty reduction, the poor were increasingly … inequality levels. We also find greater inequality to have negative impact on economic growth and poverty reduction. Our results …

inequality across racial and ethnic groups in food expenditures and in the resources needed to meet basic food needs (the "food …

Why does inequality vary across societies? We advance the hypothesis that in a mar- ket economy, where earning … differentials re ect variations in productive traits among individuals, a significant component of the differences in inequality …-of-Africa migration. Exploring the roots of inequality within the US population, we find supporting evidence for our hypothesis: variation …

warming, on poverty and inequality, paying special attention to data sources as well as empirical methods. While studies … vulnerability especially in poorer Sub-Saharan Africa, there is inclusive evidence on climate change impacts on inequality. Further …