fairness principles, namely equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty, into a joint measure of unfair inequality. Two … inequality. Second, average unfair inequality doubles when complementing the ideal of an equal opportunity society with poverty … debate by proposing a new family of measures of unfair inequality. To do so, we acknowledge that inequality is not bad per se …

Inequality is an important threat to the globalization of the world economy that we experience today. This contribution … uses a new measure of inequality: heigth inequality. It covers not only wage recipients, but also the self-employed, the … turns out that within-country inequality is higher in time periods of greater openness.We also find that inequality leads to …

In view of rising inequality in fast growing Asian developing countries, it is important to study the relationship … between economic growth and income inequity. We develop a simple model to establish that economic growth and inequality can … bear a complex and non-linear relationship if policy makers try to impact on one (say, inequality) by influencing the other …

of worker. Our analysis reveals that the effects of a liberalization on human capital accumulation, income and inequality … 20 percent in the shortrun, and by more than 55 percent after 50 years. The world average index of inequality decreases … identifying assumptions. We also analyze partial liberalization shocks: efficiency and inequality effects are roughly proportional …

-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA applications related to general well-being, inequalities, poverty and human … ; high income countries ; general well being ; poverty ; human development ; assessing capabilities …

This paper adds to our understanding of the causes of income inequality across nations by examining the influence of … different aspects of gender equality or female empowerment. Whereas the economics of income inequality has been an area of … government, lower fertility rates, and better overall gender equality experienced lower income inequality, ceteris paribus. These …