In this paper, we demonstrate how age-adjusted inequality measures can be used to evaluate whether changes in … inequality over time are due to changes in the age structure. To this end, we use administrative data on earnings for every male … Norwegian during 1967-2000. We find that the substantial rise in earnings inequality over the 1980s and into the early 1990s, is …

advantage generates a “Gini admissible” personal inequality index. The mean value of such an index across individuals equals the … inequality in various ranges of the income distribution. Applications to the Kuznets transformation in developing countries, to …

utilitarian social welfare function yields a simple welfare measure which comprises both GDP and income inequality as measured by …

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 …

Income inequality in Germany has been continuously increasing during the past 20 years. In general, this is understood … as an increase in inequality of wages due to changes in bargaining power of employees. However, the role of changing … paper is to quantify the proportion of changing household structures in the increase in inequality. We find that the rise in …

The paper uses a veil of ignorance approach and income distribution data of developed countries to arrive at inequality …

Are competitive mechanisms perceived as just sources of economic inequality? Perceptions of fairness violations can … powerful buyer can trade with one of several sellers - an environment that can lead to pronounced inequality among the … inequality …