This paper proposes a microeconomic decomposition of the evolution of income inequality in Côte d’Ivoire in the 1990s … inequality in Abidjan was the result of changes in the socio-demographic population structure and of changes in unobserved …/Non-Ivorian wage differential worked toward a more equal distribution. Concerning the link between growth and inequality, it is …

This paper proposes a measure of the contribution of unequal opportunities to earnings inequality. Drawing on the … inequality of opportunities with five observed circumstances which lie beyond the control of the individual – father’s and mother … opportunity-forming circumstances in accounting for earnings inequality in one of the world’s most unequal countries. We also …

Microsimulation constitutes a particularly powerful instrument for evaluating the distributive impact of macro …

, nutrition and health. The high degree of inequality is important for explaining the disappointing results in poverty reduction …

France. The multi-decomposition of an inequality measure allows us to put into perspective the role of social spending and …In this paper, we apply a multidimensional decomposition of the Gini index to the active and retired populations in …. However, we question the extent to which this multidimensional inequality indicator is a relevant tool for the study of …

This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization and international trade on household income inequality and … more exposed to tariff cuts experienced smaller reductions in household poverty and inequality. If significance of results … on Brazilian states depends on the choice of poverty and inequality indicators, robust and contrasting results emerge …

results suggest that the spatial inequality dimension should be added to analyses of income and poverty transition dynamics. …