cent (in relation to the survey results). We find no clear evidence of a bias in the estimate of the level of inequality …

cent (in relation to the survey results). We find no clear evidence of a bias in the estimate of the level of inequality …

explained by demographics. Moreover, the US shows a greater wealth inequality apparently not balanced by a higher degree of …

the analysis of wealth inequality. On the basis of reconstructed data, we show that household wealth inequality declined … afterwards. By international standards, Italy does not have a high level of wealth inequality (contrary to the evidence available … together with the opinions on inequality collected by means of statistical surveys. …

each member country on the basis of national indicators; EU-wide estimates of inequality and poverty play no role. Yet this … methodological requirements of this evaluative exercise, and provides the first estimates of inequality and poverty in the enlarged …

-oriented analysis. This paper examines empirical strategies to measure poverty and inequality in multiple domains, concentrating on two … form of the index. These problems are illustrated by comparing inequality and deprivation in income and health in the four …

This paper exploits the tax records to analyze the geography of income inequality in Italy. In 2011, the Gini … coefficient, the most common measure of inequality, was 40 per cent at national level. In the South it was 3 percentage points …. Inequality is also greater in major metropolitan areas. The Gini index has been increasing during the Great Recession. This …

The relationship between inequality and trust has attracted the interest of many scholars who have found a negative … relationship between the two variables. However, the causal link from inequality to trust is far from being identified and the … variable estimates using the predicted exposure to technological change as an exogenous driver of inequality. According to our …