inequality-reducing transfers are captured when transfers occur from higher-income donors to lower-income recipients, which … inclusions, the Gini decomposition, and on the use of the generalized entropy index. …

Gini and entropy are the most use measures to gauge income inequalities. We show that each measure yields different …

Income inequality measures involve two sub-classes of decomposable measures: those decomposed by sub-groups and those … the inequality related to each factor of income (labour income, capital income, social taxes, etc.). The aim of this …

This paper explores the link between poverty and inequality through an analysis of the poverty impact of changes in … income-component inequality and in between -an within- group inequality. This can help shed light on the theoretical and … empirical linkages between poverty, growth and inequality. It might also help design policies to improve both equity and welfare …

This paper explores the link between polarization and inequality and proposes some analytical methods to decompose the … even if inequality has increased sharply during the last two decades, the pure polarization component was remained constant …

or that of the change in inequality on poverty. During the last few years, there was a growing interest to perform such …

incomes. This paper assesses the net welfare benefit of mobility by assuming both a social aversion to inequality in permanent … and on the inequality of income across individuals. Using panel data, we find that Canada’s tax system limits … income equalizing effect of taxes can reach up to 23 percent of mean income at the higher values of inequality aversion that …

Income variablity reduces social welfare if individuals are risk averse, and it is likely to increase inequality if … poorer households are more vulnerable to shocks. Using a simple method to estimate risk-adjusted measures of inequality and … inequality than on welfare. This is because apart from its impact on inequality, risk reduces the certainty equivalent income of …