Instead of Inequality analysis sometimes neglects the problem of allowing differences in people's non-income … characteristics in the comparison of income distribution, I would say, At the heart of any distributional analysis there is the … problem of allowing for differences in people's non-income characteristics. We examine the role of standard equivalence scales …

This paper employs a decomposition analysis of inequality by income source to understand and explain particular aspects … of income inequality in Greece. The results suggest that entrepreneurial income is the most significant contributor to … contributions and this is mainly attributed to tax evasion, particularly in entrepreneurial income. The decrease of the inequality …

Orderings of income distribution in terms of inequality should be closely related to orderings in terms of risk. Using …' distributional perceptions. We show that in terms of both inequality and risk individuals consistently reject one of the standard … axioms of distributional comparison. Moreover, there are significant differences in the 'maps' of inequality and risk …

Inequality measurement involves explicit or implicit value judgements. The subjective approach to inequality …

inequality of opportunity, as well as to greater output. This provides an additional rationale for an active role for the …

We develop two simple measures of how much inequality is explained by individual population characteristics or groups … several alternative theoretically consistent approaches to inequality decomposition. Results are illustrated using US PSID … income data. …

into account "envy"in the income distribution. The concept of envy incorporated hereconcerns the distance of each person …'s income from his or herimmediately richer neighbour. This is shown to be similar to justiceconcepts based on income …

Drawing on recent work concerning the statistical robustness of inequality statistics we examine the sensitivity of … poverty indices to data contamination using the concept of the influence function. We show that poverty and inequality indices …

, the anatomy of income inequality is thoroughly examined, and particular attention is given to the issue of statistical …