unimodal one, the evolution of the health distribution has preceded that of income, global inequality and poverty has decreased …, global inequality and poverty would be substantially underestimated if the dependence between the income and health … indicates that global inequality would be underestimated if within-country inequality is not taken into account. Moreover …

persistence of transitory shocks and their implications for the persistence of poverty and income inequality. The results suggest … to overall income inequality increased from 20 percent in 1990 to over 70 percent in 1998 and the persistence of poverty … that 52 to 69 percent of income inequality in West Germany were due to permanent differences between individuals and that …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy …

We provide an analytical framework within which changes in income inequality over time are related to the pattern of … income inequality grew substantially), and also for income growth to have been pro-poor. Income growth was also pro-poor in … Western Germany, more so than in the USA, and inequality did not rise as much. …

can thus increase inequality in the long-run. Depending on the elasticity of substitution between capital and unskilled … show that including the transition period in the welfare evaluation lowers the inequality effects of capital tax reduc …

This paper reviews research about the intergenerational transmission of poverty in industrialized countries. In order … to make our survey manageable, we restrict attention to studies that consider the relationship between parental poverty …, and that this impact is not wholly explained by other factors that are themselves correlated with childhood poverty. At …

This paper discusses how household panel surveys can be informative about the intergenerational transmission of poverty … have been used to examine the intergenerational transmission of poverty when using household panel surveys. Finally, we … requirements for analysis of the intergenerational transmission of poverty. …