-aggregate utilities. In the case of the inequality-averse class, utility functions are submodular, hence capturing the dependence between …This paper develops a normative approach to the measurement of ex-ante inequality of opportunity in a multidimensional …, (2) agnostic, and (3) averse. The first class is implemented via generalized Lorenz dominance applied to each attribute …

We examine the drivers of inequality change in Honduras between 1991-2007, trying to understand why inequality …, we document first rising inequality between 1991-2005, which is followed by falling inequality thereafter. Using an … inequality decomposition technique, we show that the rising inequality between 1991 and 2005 was, for the most part, driven by …

helped to 'repoliticize' inequality and return redistributive policies to a central place on the political agenda in the … inequality, therefore, differ significantly from those of Latin America's ISI era, as well as those that prevailed during the …

on the role of (income) inequality in poverty reduction. The evidence involves both an indirect channel via the tendency … of high inequality to decrease the rate at which income is transformed to poverty reduction and the tendency of rising … inequality to increase poverty. Based on the basic needs approach, an analysis-of-covariance model is estimated, with the …

classes, i.e. Scheduled Castes, in India. We have looked at the impact of types of government on the reduction of the gap … government is able to reduce the gap in relation to institutional delivery, inequality, and land holding. …

identifies two distinct episodes over the post-independence period. We characterize these two episodes as 'inclusion without … growth' and 'growth without inclusion'. We argue that the trade-off in each of these episodes is explained by political … India. Second, structural transformation did not lead to manufacturing-based industrialization in India due to increasing …

We investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on income levels, poverty, and inequality in both the immediate … aftermath and during the uneven recovery until December 2021 using high-frequency household survey data from India. We find that … than doubled during the lockdown and even after almost two years was slightly higher than before the pandemic. Inequality …

representation of the low castes in India appears to affect the declaration of crime only for two very specific crime categories …

This paper applies a novel inequality estimation method to household consumption expenditure in Mumbai, India. Since … the richest households may be missing in survey data, this reestimated inequality figure takes them into account by … coefficient of 0.447 underestimates consumption inequality in Mumbai; none of the ten investigated scenarios yields a higher …