whole. Such high levels of inequality can be accounted for in all forms of assets, including housing, pension funds, and … other financial assets. Our series show no sign of decreasing wealth inequality since apartheid; if anything, we find that … inequality has remained broadly stable and has even slightly increased within top wealth groups. …

labour earnings inequality coefficients. In particular, corrections deal with outliers and implausible data records, missing …

This paper examines the relationship between monetary policy and wealth inequality in South Africa. We employed a … unique database of tax administrative data which allowed us to account for individual heterogeneity. These tax data span from …- and random-effects panel model estimates show that monetary policy generally increases wealth Gini inequality while it …

In the presence of inequality a status-driven utility function reconciles the conflict between income-based and …

In this review, I provide an overview of the literature investigating the social psychology of economic inequality …, focusing on individuals' understandings, perceptions, and reactions to inequality. I begin by describing different ways of … measuring perceptions of inequality, and conclude that absolute measures-which ask respondents to estimate inequality in more …

Using illustrations from research on inequality, this paper offers evidence on the strengths of 'behavioural synthesis … and relative inequality have evolved from assumptions of income maximization to status-seeking competition, and to … conclude that methodological pluralism, i.e. scientific integration, is necessary when it comes to understanding inequality and …

How does income inequality impact the propensity for and levels of formal and informal household debt? This paper … as well as a zero-inflated Poisson model are employed, and inequality is measured by a household relative deprivation …

real measures of inequality. Using household budget survey and price data in Mozambique from 2002/03 and 2008/09, we show … inequality, by about two Gini points. This result is obtained by computing a price deflator that explicitly reflects divergent … price dynamics of different product categories. The difference in measured inequality is larger in regions where consumers …