decomposition techniques of inequality measurement in a bivariate distribution context. Usually decomposed measures of inequality …

ethically flexible tools that integrate these two strands. This is achieved using a measure of inequality that merges the well … transfers into a vertical equity effect and a loss of redistribution due to either classical HI or reranking. An inequality …-change approach and a money-metric cost-of-inequality approach are developed. The latter approach makes aggregate classical HI …

flexible tools that integrate these two strands. This is achieved using a measure of inequality that merges the well-known Gini … inequality-change approach and a money-metric cost-of-inequality approach are developed. The latter approach makes aggregate …

poverty, welfare and inequality. This includes estimators of most of the poverty indices currently in use, as well as …, inequality or social welfare is greater in one distribution than in another for general classes of indices. We also derive the …

inequality and high redistributive effect for some specific figures of transfers. The contribution from Vertical Equity (VE) is …

ceteris paribus impact of the reforms on inequality and poverty as well as estimate how the burden of austerity has been …

In this paper we study the impact of tax-benefit systems on income inequality and work incentives across the 27 Member …

The Great Recession and the widespread adoption of fiscal austerity policies have heightened concern about inequality …., 2017), the overall change in income inequality is decomposed into parts attributable to the change in market income … inequality, changes in discretionary tax-benefit policy and automatic stabilisation effects. We implement this approach using the …

This paper aims to disentangle the driving factors behind the changes in income inequality in the Baltics since the EU … and re-weighting techniques. Decomposition of the total change in inequality showed that income and policy effects are … dominant in the Baltics. Policy effects were inequality reducing before the crisis and for the period after the EU accession as …