This paper describes the evolution of the main indicators of economic wellbeing and inequality in Italy from the …-being and inequality measures, should be considered too. …

heterogeneity on the one hand and measures of inequality and redistribution on the other, using state-level US data. Design …/methodology/approach – The relationship between ethnic/religious heterogeneity and inequality/redistribution is estimated, first, with ordinary … least squares (OLS) and then with generalized method of moments (GMM). The principal explanatory variables for inequality …

This paper analyses the effect of income inequality on Europeans’ quality of life, specifically on their overall well … correlations of inequality with overall well-being, financial quality of life, and health are negative. But this is misleading … Life survey conducted in 2003 including national-level data on inequality (Gini coefficient) and economic development (GDP …

commitments. The political regime is shown to depend not only on income levels, but also, in particular, on resource inequality … inequality across several dimensions due to unbalanced technological change, immigration or changes in the demographic structure …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse income inequality for a sample of 14 European countries and their …/methodology/approach – Initially, inequality is decomposed using the Theil coefficient into between and within country inequality to assess the extent … to which convergence has occurred. To investigate the underlying causes of the changes in inequality, the Theil …