How should we make value judgments about wealth inequality? Harsanyi (1953) proposes to take an individual who … competition or contest. We find that inequality can be captured through the equilibrium properties of such a game. We connect the … inequality measures so derived to existing measures of inequality, and demonstrate the conditions under which they satisfy the …

This chapter examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. It first … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The chapter also provides a …

The paper proposes a multi-dimensional decomposition of the changes in the Gini inequality index and the Sen … determinants of the change in poverty inequality are then decomposed by source and subgroup, yielding a three-way decomposition …–Shorrocks–Thon poverty index over time. The link among inequality change, re-ranking of individuals and income growth is explained by …

every country with respect to mammography use. Decomposition analysis reveals that inequalities in mammography use are …

half of the observed socioeconomic inequality is due to utilisation being more responsive to need among the higher wealth …

inequality in Asia. Focusing on data for four countries—the Peoples’ Republic of China, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines …—the paper asks three questions. First, how much of the past increase in inequality can be attributed to urbanization per se … urban–rural income gap, inequality within the urban sector, and inequality within the rural sector? Second, how might …

inequality of outcomes in a “snapshot.” Intergenerational mobility and “equality of opportunity”, so the argument goes, is what … procedure to check if one matrix dominates another on dynastic inequality. We can also assess “equality of opportunity”, defined …One often heard counter to the concern on rising income and wealth inequality is that it is wrong to focus on …