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 explore how changes in …

This article assesses two secondary data compilations about income inequality - the World Income Inequality Database … (WIIDv2c), and the Standardized World Income Inequality Database (SWIIDv4.0) which is based on WIID but with all observations …

This article assesses two secondary data compilations about income inequality – the World Income Inequality Database … (WIIDv2c), and the Standardized World Income Inequality Database (SWIIDv4.0) which is based on WIID but with all observations …

German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) we analyze potential artifacts (level, structure, inequality of income) by comparing … using the same set of follow-up rules. We apply ANOGI (ANalysis Of GIni) techniques, the equivalent of ANOVA (ANalysis Of … VAriance) performed on the basis of the Gini coefficient. The decomposition followed is presented in Yitzhaki (1994). We …

This paper delivers new insights into the development of income inequality and regional stratification in Germany after … unification using a new method for detecting social stratification by a decomposition of the GINI index which yields the …

This study contributes to the literature on inequality of opportunity (IOp) in China by covering a longer and more … on income inequality among working-age persons. Between the years of study, IOp in China declined, especially between … total inequality within each birth cohort is highest earlier in individuals' work lives and declines with age. IOp is higher …

German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) we analyze potential artifacts (level, structure, inequality of income) by comparing … using the same set of follow-up rules. We apply ANOGI (ANalysis Of GIni) techniques, the equivalent of ANOVA (ANalysis Of … VAriance) performed on the basis of the Gini coefficient. The decomposition followed is presented in Yitzhaki (1994). We …

This paper delivers new insights into the development of income inequality and regional stratification in Germany after … unification using a new method for detecting social stratification by a decomposition of the GINI index which yields the …

Latin American countries have some of the highest levels of income inequality in the world. However, earnings … inequality significantly changed over the last three decades, increasing during the 1980s and 1990s, declining sharply in the …, increasing inequality. Significant gains in educational attainment, the demographic transition, and rising female labor force …

-over effects up to 20 percent above it. We show that inequality in hourly wages fell between 2014 and 2018, but that the long …-term trend of rising inequality would already have been stopped after 2014 without the minimum wage. We demonstrate that the …