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Multidimensional affluence: Theory and applications to Germany and the US

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2011

This paper suggests multidimensional affluence measures for the top of the distribution. In contrast to commonly used top income shares, they allow the analysis of the extent, intensity and breadth of affluence in several dimensions within a common framework. We illustrate this by analyzing the...

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Top incomes and the measurement of inequality in Egypt

Hlasny, Vladimir; Verme, Paolo - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2013

By all accounts, income inequality in Egypt is low and had been declining during the decade that preceded the 2011 revolution. As the Egyptian revolution was partly motivated by claims of social injustice and inequalities, this seems at odds with a low level of income inequality. Moreover, while...

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Globalization and Inequality: Where do we stand?

Chusseau, Nathalie; Hellier, Joël - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2012

Over the last thirty years, both developed and developing countries have experienced a huge globalization of their economies, which has coincided with an increase in intra-country income inequality, both within and between skill groups. This article surveys the key mechanisms of the...

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Social mobility at the top: Why are elites self-reproducing?

Brezis, Elise S.; Hellier, Joel - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2013

intergenerational framework, we show that a two-tier higher education system with standard and elite universities generates social … stratification, high social immobility and self-reproduction of the elite. Moreover, we show that the higher the relative funding for … elite universities, the higher the elite self-reproduction, and the lower social mobility. We also analyse the impacts of …

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Income polarization and economic growth

Brzezinski, Michal - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2013

This study examines empirically the impact of income polarization on economic growth in an unbalanced panel of more than 70 countries during the 1960–2005 period. We calculate various polarization indices using existing micro-level datasets, as well as datasets reconstructed from grouped data...

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Equalization of opportunity: Definitions and implementable conditions

Andreoli, Francesco; Lefranc, Arnaud - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2013

This paper develops a criterion of opportunity equalization, that is consistent with theoretical views of equality of opportunity. Our analysis rests on the characterization of inequality of opportunity as a situation where some groups in society enjoy an illegitimate advantage. In this context,...

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Wage comparisons in and out of the firm. Evidence from a matched employer-employee French database

Godechot, Olivier; Senik, Claudia - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2013

This paper looks at the association between wage satisfaction and different notions of reference wage, based on a matched employer-employee dataset. It shows that workers’ satisfaction depends on other-people’s income in different ways. Relative income concerns are important, but we also...

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Ray-invariant intermediate inequality measures: A Lorenz dominance criterion

Azpitarte, Francisco; Alonso-Villar, Olga - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2011

This paper introduces a new Lorenz dominance criterion that allows ranking income distributions according to ray-invariant intermediate inequality measures. In doing so, it defines a-Lorenz curves by adapting the generalized Lorenz curves to this case. In addition, it provides an empirical...

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The pro-poorness, growth and inequality nexus: Some findings from a simulation study

Groll, Thomas; Lambert, Peter J. - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2011

A widely accepted criterion for pro-poorness of an income growth pattern is that it should reduce a (chosen) measure of poverty by more than if all incomes were growing equiproportionately. Inequality reduction is not generally seen as either necessary or sufficient for pro-poorness. As shown in...

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Lower and upper bounds of unfair inequality: Theory and evidence for Germany and the US

Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2011

Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of the full set of endowed circumstances beyond the sphere of individual responsibility. In this paper, we suggest a new estimator based on a fixed effects panel model which...

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