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Inequality decompositions : a reconciliation
Cowell, Frank A.; Fiorio, Carlo V. - 2009
We show how classic source-decomposition and subgroup-decomposition methods can be reconciled with regression methodology used in the recent literature. We also highlight some pitfalls that arise from uncritical use of the regression approach. The LIS database is used to compare the approaches...
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Migration and inequalities around the Mediterranean Sea
Nilsson, Björn; Ramadan, Racha - 2020
This paper aims to quantify the effects from migration on net income distributions, disentangling the roles played by factor reallocation and remittances, and focusing on two (primarily) destination countries (Spain and Italy) and two (primarily) origin countries (Jordan and Iraq). Using LIS-ERF...
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Estimating inequality of opportunity in more periods than ever before : the capital income approach
Valle-Inclán Cruces, Hugo del - 2019 - This version: March 15th 2019
The measurement of Inequality of Opportunity has attracted a lot of attention in recent years, despite of the fact that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009246
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Isograph and LaSiPiKa distribution : the comparative morphology of income inequalities and intelligible parameters of 53 LIS countries 1967-2020
Chauvel, Louis - 2023
The isograph methodology is developed here with associated distributions, indicators of inequality, additional results, and is implemented on 53 LIS countries (with an annex covering 655 LIS country-year samples). The gb2 and other classical distributions (FC, Dagum, SinghMaddala) are presented...
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In search of a paradox of redistribution analysis of fiscal redistribution in high-income countries
Coady, David P. - 2023
The last decade has seen a sharp increase in interest in the possible existence of a Paradox of Redistribution (PoR) whereby narrow targeting of social transfers aimed at increasing their redistributive (poverty) impact has the perverse effect of increasing poverty over the medium term due to...
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The barycenter of the distribution and its application to the measurement of inequality : the balance of inequality, the Gini index, and the Lorenz curve
Di Maio, Giorgio - 2022
This paper introduces in statistics the notion of the barycenter of the distribution of a non-negative random variable Y with a positive finite mean μY and the quantile function Q(x). The barycenter is denoted by μX and defined as the expected value of the random variable X having the...
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Redistributive impacts of fiscal policies in Mexico : corrections for top income measurement problems
Hlásny, Vladimír - 2019
) correcting for potential top-income measurement problems. We use two correction methods based on within-survey information to re … equalizing, by 0.4-0.6 points. Finally, top-income measurement challenges retain their magnitude across the 2010, 2012 and 2014 …
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Accounting for private health care expenses in measures of nations' redistributive effort
Baird, Katherine - 2018
As health care costs rise, so too does the importance of assessing their incidence, and factoring these costs into … also for households’ health expenditures. Standard measures of the effect of government policy on the distribution of …-government income by treating households’ health care costs similarly across countries. The results show the degree of bias in common …
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The atlas of inequality aversion : theory and empirical evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study Database
Kot, Stanisław Maciej; Paradowski, Piotr R. - 2022
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, the profession has not committed to the...
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Radical right populism and the role of positional deprivation and inequality
Burgoon, Brian; Noort, Sam van; Rooduijn, Matthijs; … - 2018
This paper explores how support for radical right populist parties may be shaped by new measures of deprivation and inequality based on growth-incidence-curves, gauging growth in real household income across a country’s income deciles and calculating a given decile's gains relative to the...
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