forest fires on economic inequality around the world. Using quasi-random spatial and temporal variation in both the incidence … inequality among rural areas. Results indicate that the Gini index in rural areas increases by 13.72 per cent and 22.02 per cent …), respectively. As the number of fire events increases, the impact of fire radiative power on economic inequality is less negative …

understanding horizontal inequality and indigenous politics. This paper presents new analysis of survey data, allowing for … outcomes, and a broad trend towards greater equality. Earnings gaps have been reduced by, among other factors, improved …

administrative tax microdata to describe earnings inequality in South Africa. I estimate Gini coefficients, the variance of log … earnings, and various percentile ratios to document changes in earnings inequality. I show that earnings inequality estimates …-firm differences to overall earnings inequality. …

to poverty and inequality. Additionally, we assess gender disparities in outcomes, quantify the distributional effects of …This paper analyses the effectiveness of tax-benefit systems in reducing poverty and inequality across 13 countries in …

more important to adult welfare than property inheritance. Significant gender inequality in consumption is evident. … land and housing bring little gain to mean consumption and play little role in explaining inequality. Inheritance of non …

influenced by gender, it is appropriate to account for this double selection process. This study uses the latest household survey … in Ghana to estimate gender wage gaps by correcting for this double selection process. We find that the average total … gender wage gap is positive and significant irrespective of the sample selection correction method used. Our results indicate …

human capital, but they had high employment rates, and over time they closed their initial large earnings gap with other … educational attainment and earnings when they reached adulthood. The geographic region of residence was associated with some large …

the self-employed to the wage-employed increases earnings, which improves the livelihoods of Chinese workers. …