change in the Gini (based on consumption expenditure) by up to 0.03 points. Cross-country heterogeneity in this change is … large enough to alter the inequality ranking of numerous countries. The average inflation effect we detect is almost as … large as the change in the standard Gini measure over the period of interest. …

relatively poor for both rural and urban areas across the states of India. The hypotheses that inequality impacts consumption … developing economy, India, with the help of a large dataset. The paper empirically validates status consciousness among the …

collaborative contact, through random assignment to homogeneous-caste or mixed-caste teams, and adversarial contact, through random … assignment of opponents. Collaborative contact increases cross-caste friendships and efficiency in trade, and reduces own-caste … favoritism. In contrast, adversarial contact generally reduces cross-caste interaction and efficiency. League participation …

We show that a recent appendix to the Gini-coefficient to make the latter more sensitive to asymmetric income …

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

analysis of these indexes is then extended to consider the role of caste, class, regionalism and level of development to reveal …

Rising income inequality since the 1980s in the United States has generated a substantial increase in saving by the top …