inequality indices building on results provided by Ibragimov and Müller (Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2010), and … they and Midões and de Crombrugghe (Journal of Economic Inequality, 2023) evaluate its performance. We highlight a feature … inference for inequality indices. …

over time. Growth is sometimes accompanied by rising and sometimes by falling inequality. Applied economists have come to …, inequality rose in the United States and fell markedly in Brazil. …

what extent is existing income inequality due to circumstances, as opposed to 'effort'? Our results suggest that several … circumstances, importantly both parental income and own IQ, are important for long-run income inequality, but that variations in … individual effort account for the most part of that inequality. -- equality of opportunity ; family background ; inequality …

-to-date picture of inequality and poverty by subgroup in South Korea which helps targeting particularly vulnerable groups. Overall …, while inequality in disposable income is found to be often substantial, strong savings preferences of richer households lead … to relatively low consumption inequality. Households headed by elderly, uneducated, divorced or widowed, females and …

over the period 2005/2006 to 2010/11. While income inequality considerably increased in the years before 2005/2006, this … of inequality in wage incomes after 2005/2006. Our results suggest that, despite further increases in wage inequality …, inequality in equivalized net incomes did not increase further after 2005/2006 because increased within-year employment …

for wealth inequality in euro area countries. …