inequality, using the Household Budget Survey data for 2010. The decomposition framework that we utilize here is one usually … average incomes and in the levels of income inequality. In this paper, we decompose the differences in relative poverty … decompositions show that in most cases both the mean income and inequality differences contribute to poverty variation across the …

the contribution of rural and urban areas to inequality. Our decomposition method is an improved version of Mussard (2004 … have a better household welfare criterion. Second, using a developed version of Gini bidimensional decomposition, we find …) bidimensional decomposition method. Our results indicate that while Iranian authorities repeatedly have claimed that income …

The study examined the linkages between inequality in household expenditure components and total inequality and poverty …, reducing within-component inequality significantly reduces overall poverty and inequality in Ghana, compared to between …-component inequality. Specifically, inequality in education and health expenditure components were the largest contributors to overall …

basis of proportional sampling technique. Lorenz curve approach and Gini-coefficient was used for the measurement of … inequality in farmers’ income and land holdings. The results obtained from Lorenz square box and Gini-coefficient indicated … higher degree of inequality existing among farmers’ income and size of land holdings. Based on the findings of the study …

Topics,” pp. 151–156, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1979; and Math. Ann.266, 1984, 519–537) and the Ky Fan minimax inequality by …

urban inequality, a reduction in urban poverty, and a lower level of overall inclusive growth of a city. …