inequality-affecting (shape-in uenced) convergence of distributions. …Mainstream monitoring of income dynamics and inequality is based on summary measures that can miss important phenomena … Rizzo (2004), we characterize the change and convergence of net equivalized income distributions among European Union …

generalisations. These curves are useful devices for examining welfare and inequality. Asymptotical sampling properties of the Lorenz … distribution of disposable income in 1971, 1976, 1981, 1985 and 1990. It is found out that relative inequality has been highest on … 1971, but the changes in relative inequality during period 1976-1990 have been almost negligible. Using a generalised …

inequality-affecting (shape-influenced) convergence of distributions. …Mainstream monitoring of income dynamics and inequality is based on summary measures that can miss important phenomena … Rizzo (2004), we characterize the change and convergence of net equivalized income distributions among European Union …

In recent years, an ample literature has emerged on the evolution of global inequality during the last two decades. A … few stylized facts emerge. If one weights countries by their population, then inequality across countries has declined …. However, if one treats countries equally – as in the macroeconomic convergence (divergence) literature—then there has been …

This paper applies the tool box measures of disaggregative income inequality characterization and the statistical …

published by statistical agencies as measures of the distribution of income inequality - to calculate how large a survey sample …

Empirical analyses on income and wealth inequality and those in other fields in economics and finance often face the … of the recently developed \textit{t}-statistic based robust inference approaches in the analysis of inequality measures … equality of two parameters of interest (e.g., a test of equality of inequality measures in two regions or countries considered …

, their concept is able to explain what justifies a certain or optimal degree of inequality in the society. The authors …