, including data on the level of poverty and inequality in Jordan. Part 2 discusses the challenges and opportunities facing …

This paper presents an integration between the normative approach of Dalton-Atkinson-Sen to inequality measurement with … the positive approach related to the statistical dispersion or the generalized entropy family of inequality indexes. Given … weights represents the marginal social value of the individuals in the society, our approach selects a particular inequality …

we suggest that bidimensional social welfare perspectives may contribute very well to policy implications intending to … have a better household welfare criterion. Second, using a developed version of Gini bidimensional decomposition, we find … the contribution of rural and urban areas to inequality. Our decomposition method is an improved version of Mussard (2004 …

social welfare grounds, within a set of alternative income distributions generated by different policy options, in many of … presentation of the step-by-step procedure to check for Generalised Lorenz dominance and to infer welfare judgements is provided … admissible Social Welfare Functions (SWF) if a unanimous consensus about the ranking of a given set of income distributions has …

We argue that perceived fairness of the income generation process affects the association between income inequality and … uncertainty, we predict that high levels of perceived fairness cause higher levels of individual welfare, and lower support for … income redistribution. Income inequality is predicted to have a more favorable impact on subjective wellbeing for individuals …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the … less in favor of income redistribution. In societies with a high level of actual social mobility, income inequality is …

effects, particularly in their interplay with income inequality. We identify a positive interaction of perceived social … mobility that mitigates the overall SWB lowering effect of income inequality. In contrast to expectations, a high degree of … actual social mobility yields an overall impact of income inequality that is SWB lowering, while for low social mobility the …

their interplay with income inequality. We identify a positive interaction of perceived social mobility that mitigates its … overall impact of income inequality that is SWB lowering, while for low social mobility the effect of inequality is positive …. These interactions hold stronger for pre-transfer than post-transfer income inequality. Actual social mobility appears to be …