. Inequality between global citizens is estimated at 70 Gini points rather than 65 as before. The richest decile receives 57 …

This paper presents a new methodology to measure inequality that optimally combines household survey information and …

middle class size in a rigorous quantitative manner. By exploiting publicly available panel data, the expenditure associated …

and Public Policy -- provides a critical review of the economic literature on equality and inequality of opportunity. A …) new theory of social justice: the principles of compensation and reward. Ex-ante and ex-post versions of the compensation … principle are presented, and the tensions between them are discussed. Different approaches to the measurement of inequality of …

above and below the poverty line. This analysis, based on the Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Panel Survey … curves on a cross-section of data) with poverty dynamics (relying on panel data, growth incidence curves and transition … averages to look at the trajectories of individual households. Panel data analysis shows that the welfare of the average poor …

vulnerability to poverty. Following this approach the paper exploits panel data to determine the amount of comparable income …