In the distributive analysis, the constant relative inequality aversion utility function is a standard tool for ethical … judgements of income distributions. The sole parameter ε of this function expresses a society’s aversion to inequality. However … inequality aversion utility function using datasets available from the Luxembourg Income Study Database. We utilise the method of …

episodes in order to prevent rising income inequality. …

Inequality is anisotropic: its intensity is variable along the income scale. Therefore, to focus on local inequalities … coefficients able to summarize the shape of inequalities: a main coefficient, alpha, measures inequality at the median, and two …

The relationship between income inequality and polarization is an empirical fact: a change in equality might occur … together with a change in polarization. At the same time, polarization might emerge while inequality remains constant. The …

This paper examines inequality patterns in the 1990s in Poland, Russia and Hungary. We consider three different … definitions of income and analyse the contributions to inequality of their main components using LIS micro data. Inequality is … Shorrocks' axiomatic approach and the Theil-based decomposition). The role of transfers and taxes in mitigating total inequality …

investigate perceived social position and income inequality in six different countries between the 1990's and 2000's in order to … inequality in perceptions. Consequently, the dynamics of perceptions can help explain, for example, the empirical evidence … with increasing inequality detected in some countries. …

The paper aims to encompass evidence on wage distribution and inequality with micro-mobility measures for several …

research examining the issue has concentrated on international specialization and within-country income inequality as main … that income inequality is perceived very differently depending on openness to trade. The relevance of perceptions has wider …

Meltzer and Richard (1981), higher initial inequality levels do not correlate positively with redistribution. I conduct a …

changes at the extremes of the distribution might obscure inequality's actual dimension, and thereby help perpetuate it. To … avoid this, the present paper discusses a complementary indicator for the measurement of inequality: the ratio of the income …