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 …

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

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 …

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 …

wealth inequality, all else equal. Stock market booms primarily boost the wealth of households at the top of the distribution …

In this contribution we study the relationship between income inequality and economic freedom for a panel of 100 … countries for the 1971-2010 period. From a panel causality study we find that income inequality has a negative causal effect on … economic freedom, while causation does not run in the opposite direction. We argue that the negative effect of inequality on …