This paper explains how to build Lorenz Curves for income distributions and discusses their use for inequality … and draw Lorenz Curves. A discussion on the use of Lorenz Curves to represent inequality is also provided. It highlights …

This paper illustrates how Lorenz Curves can be used to identify the best income distribution on social welfare grounds … using specific functional forms of the Social Welfare Function (SWF) to infer welfare judgments, the rationale for using …

, including data on the level of poverty and inequality in Jordan. Part 2 discusses the challenges and opportunities facing …

This paper presents an integration between the normative approach of Dalton-Atkinson-Sen to inequality measurement with … the positive approach related to the statistical dispersion or the generalized entropy family of inequality indexes. Given … weights represents the marginal social value of the individuals in the society, our approach selects a particular inequality …

-sharing between the two generations, so that poor families experience higher agency costs, therefore inequality persists. …

We develop a model in which individuals choose education to improve their earnings and regulate the cultural traits … they acquire via social transmission. When education makes individuals more receptive to mainstream culture, minority … groups underinvest in education as a form of cultural resistance. Economic and cultural incentives interact in surprising …

inequality, wage inequality, and income deciles and income percentiles for the sample of developed and developing countries. The …

of view of welfare that the proprietary model, but that an OS industry is vulnerable to entry by entrepreneurs while a … model of production from the point of view of welfare. …

study the welfare implications of different policies that can potentially be used to regulate such payments. Patient … heterogeneity plays a central role in welfare implications of different policies: when patients' willingness-to-pay differs a lot … the right to choose physicians publicly always improves social welfare. …