poverty module (GlobPov), we assess the implication of the IPCC SRES scenarios on global poverty and inequality. We find that … global poverty and inequality measures are sensitive to the downscaling methodology used. Our results show that future … population growth rates produce better outcomes. China and India play a central role on poverty reduction and global inequality …

absolute approach to inequality measurement when defining pro-poor growth. With a relative approach to pro-poor growth it is … assumed that inequality does not to vary when all incomes are multiplied by a constant whereas, with an absolute approach to … pro-poor growth, inequality is supposed not to vary when an equal sum is added to all incomes. The empirical illustration …

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

. Various forms of poverty, inequality, polarization and income mobility structures are considered and much of the conventional …

shape of the distribution and derived measures of inequality, poverty, and mobility. Using employment histories of German …

-led engagement in non-agricultural activities would be inequality-decreasing through increasing the incomes of the poorer parts of … the population and would reduce poverty. Opportunity-led diversification, by contrast, would increase inequality and have … opportunity-led diversification. Yet, the poverty and inequality implications of the differently motivated diversification …

Inequality, bi-polarization and polarization are related but distinct concepts aiming at analysing the income … distribution. This paper first recalls the main differences between these three notions of inequality, bipolarization and … on inequality, bipolarization and polarization is analyzed via what is known as the Shapley de-composition and the …