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Do economic liberalization and globalization increase income inequality?
Bergh, Andreas; Nilsson, Therese - 2008
Using the newly developed KOF-index of globalization, as well as the economic freedom index from the Fraser institute …, we examine if globalization and economic liberalizations are linked to increases in income inequality within countries … reforms: Trade liberalizations, deregulation of product and labor markets and economic globalization. The Scandinavian welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208529
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Income inequality, capitalism and ethno-linguistic fractionalization
Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Haan, Jakob de - 2015 - Version 24 December 2014
We examine the relationship between capitalism and income inequality for a large sample of countries using an adjusted economic freedom index as proxy for capitalism and Gini coefficients based on gross-income as proxy for income inequality. Our results suggest that there is no robust...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010474859
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Measuring Education Inequality : Gini Coefficients of Education
Thomas, Vinod; Wang, Yan; Fan, Xibo - 2014
Equal access to education is a basic human right. But in many countries gaps in education between various groups are staggering. An education Gini index - a new indicator for the distribution of human capital and welfare - facilitates comparison of education inequality across countries and over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014137012
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Some are more equal than others : new estimates of global and regional inequality
Darvas, Zsolt M. - 2016
We compare four methodologies to estimate the global distribution of income and find that many methods work well, but the method based on two-parameter distributions is more accurate than other methods. This method is simpler, easier to implement and relies on a more internationally-comparable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011578053
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Income inequality, capitalism and ethno-linguistic fractionalization
de Haan, Jakob; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2014
We examine the relationship between capitalism and income inequality for a large sample of countries using an adjusted economic freedom index as proxy for capitalism and Gini coefficients based on gross-income as proxy for income inequality. Our results suggest that there is no robust...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307774
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Income Inequality, Capitalism and Ethno-Linguistic Fractionalization
Sturm, Jan-Egbert; de Haan, Jakob - 2015
We examine the relationship between capitalism and income inequality for a large sample of countries using an adjusted economic freedom index as proxy for capitalism and Gini coefficients based on gross-income as proxy for income inequality. Our results suggest that there is no robust...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010480888
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Income Inequality, Capitalism and Ethno-Linguistic Fractionalization
Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Haan, Jakob de - CESifo - 2015
We examine the relationship between capitalism and income inequality for a large sample of countries using an adjusted economic freedom index as proxy for capitalism and Gini coefficients based on gross-income as proxy for income inequality. Our results suggest that there is no robust...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011124890
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Global Inequality in Length of Life : 1950–2015
Jordá, Vanesa - 2017
This paper provides a broad picture of national, regional and global trends of inequality in length of life over the period 1950–2015. We use data on life tables from World Population Prospects to develop a comprehensive database of a battery of inequality measures for 201 countries at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942876
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How Polarized Is the Global Income Distribution?
Roope, Laurence S. J. - 2018
The interest in the level of global inequality has surged in recent years. This paper complements existing estimates of global inequality by providing the first estimates of the level of bipolarization of the global income distribution. During 1975–2010, global bipolarization declined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929507
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How polarized is the global income distribution?
Roope, Laurence; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Tarp, Finn - 2018
The interest in the level of global inequality has surged in recent years. This paper complements existing estimates of global inequality by providing the first estimates of the level of bipolarization of the global income distribution. During 1975-2010, global bipolarization declined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011777701