The contribution of government transfer programs to inequality is often assessed by analyzing to what extent the … middle and high income families and thus contribute to greater inequality. We argue in this paper that the impact of these … programs on inequality should be evaluated considering the benefits received net of the taxes paid by households to finance the …

We provide an analytical framework within which changes in income inequality over time are related to the pattern of … income inequality grew substantially), and also for income growth to have been pro-poor. Income growth was also pro-poor in … Western Germany, more so than in the USA, and inequality did not rise as much. …

Two conversion schemes are usually employed for assessing personal-income inequality from household equivalent incomes … country inequality rankings to conversion schemes and explain the finding by means of inequality decomposition. A bootstrap …

Latin America is known as the most unequal region in the world. However, the effect of income inequality on people … between the self-placement in the income scale and inequality is negatively related to happiness. Hence, individuals with … higher income levels will be happier in countries where inequality is lower. …

Although the wage distribution is central to analysing inequality issues, the provision of public services destined for … t he poor can make an essential difference in evaluating inequality in welfare rather than in income. Whereas raising …

by an increasing income inequality, we Önd that the middle class declined and income polarization increased. In the …

This paper examines the relationship among poverty, economic growth, and inequality by decomposing poverty changes at …

to achieve the MDG targets for maternal and child health. This study shows inequality in maternal and child health …

inequality and poverty when all taxes and transfers are combined. In comparison with other five countries in Latin America, it … ranks first (poverty reduction) and second (inequality reduction), and first in terms of poverty reduction effectiveness and … third in terms of overall (including transfers in kind) inequality reduction effectiveness. Direct taxes are progressive and …