decomposition techniques of inequality measurement in a bivariate distribution context. Usually decomposed measures of inequality …

ethically flexible tools that integrate these two strands. This is achieved using a measure of inequality that merges the well … transfers into a vertical equity effect and a loss of redistribution due to either classical HI or reranking. An inequality …-change approach and a money-metric cost-of-inequality approach are developed. The latter approach makes aggregate classical HI …

flexible tools that integrate these two strands. This is achieved using a measure of inequality that merges the well-known Gini … inequality-change approach and a money-metric cost-of-inequality approach are developed. The latter approach makes aggregate …

poverty, welfare and inequality. This includes estimators of most of the poverty indices currently in use, as well as …, inequality or social welfare is greater in one distribution than in another for general classes of indices. We also derive the …

inequality and high redistributive effect for some specific figures of transfers. The contribution from Vertical Equity (VE) is …

path of inequality is not due to sam-pling variation. The secular trend in consumption expenditure inequality is found to … be downward sloped. Inequality declines sharply at the beginning of the century, increases during the great depression …

absolute inequality in welfare achievement, while leaving the change in relative inequality ambiguous. Additionally …

inequality, and analyses several explanations for this result. A causal link is established by showing that the results are … robust to the inclusion of city fixed-effects and city-specific time trends, and by using inequality in the woman’s state of … birth as a proxy for the local level of male inequality. Increasing male inequality explains about 30% of the marriage rate …