This paper explores perceptions of distributive justice in Latin America during the 2000s and their relationship with … income inequality. In line with the fall in income inequality in the region, the paper documents a widespread, although … income inequality for 17 of the 18 countries for which microdata are available. The analysis reveals that unfairness …

and Public Policy -- provides a critical review of the economic literature on equality and inequality of opportunity. A … (relatively) new theory of social justice: the principles of compensation and reward. Ex-ante and ex-post versions of the … inequality of opportunity -- and empirical applications -- are reviewed, and implications for the measurement of poverty and of …

lack of data for nonrespondents has hindered efforts to correct for the bias in measures of poverty and inequality. The … compliance falls as income rises. Correcting for selective compliance appreciably increases mean income and inequality, but has …

Standard political economy theories suggest that democratization has a moderating effect on income inequality. But the … argue that prevailing ideology may be an important determinant of inequality and that the democratization effect "works … democratization may have only a negligible effect on inequality. But in societies that value equality less, democratization reduces …

In the last decades, inequality of opportunity has been extensively studied by economists on the assumption that, in … addition to being normatively undesirable, it can be related to low potential for growth. This paper evaluates inequality of … portion of total inequality that can be attributed to exogenous circumstances -- that is, circumstances outside the control of …

Household income surveys often fail to capture top incomes which leads to an underestimation of income inequality. A … significant upward corrections of inequality estimates. Unfortunately, tax records are unavailable in many countries, including … house prices to estimate the top tail of the income distribution. In an application to Egypt, where estimates of inequality …

When measuring inequality of opportunity, researchers usually opt to eliminate within-type variation. Provided that in … level of inequality of opportunity. By using data drawn from 27 Demographic Household Surveys (circa 2008), it is found that … countries. As a consequence, lower bound estimates of inequality of opportunity can demand too little redistribution to equalize …

that while income inequality is similar to that of the United States (US), wealth inequality is barely one-third that of … transmission from income to consumption inequality, which suggests the presence of powerful institutions that favor consumption … wealth by exploring sources of inequality such as age, education, migration, borrowing ability, and societal systems …