,600 estimated Gini coefficient, we review the measurement of income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean over the last …Drawing on a comprehensive compilation of quantile shares and inequality measures for 34 countries, including over 5 … curve, with inequality rising in most countries prior to the 1990s, and falling during the early 21st Century, at least …

This paper presents a novel way to disentangle inequality aversion over time from inequality aversion between regions … of inequality aversion. We use two integrated assessment models (FUND and RICE) for our numerical exercise to get more … robust findings. Our results suggest that inequality considerations lead to a higher (lower) SCC values in high (low) income …

inequity, whether across states of world (uncertainty), across individuals (inequality) and across generations …

-cycle model, we determine that taxes and transfers offset 45% of lifetime earnings inequality attributed to differences in …

differentiated vulnerabilities across individuals and population groups. Inequality in the distribution of income and relevant …

egalitarian views can be appreciated not only in inequality analysis but also as regards the ideal egalitarian distribution to be …

importance of “trade-induced horizontal inequality,” i.e. inequality brought about by trade shocks that occurs among workers with … the same level of earnings prior to the shock. While this type of inequality does not affect the income distribution, it … horizontal inequality and changes in the income distribution induced by trade in a data-driven way, we develop a characterization …

The question of whether changes in income inequality affect CO2 emissions remains a topic of debate at both theoretical …

This study investigates the relationship between distinct types of inequality and CO2 emissions using panel data on 156 … that pre-distribution (inequality reduction by structural changes and social protection) is better aligned with the goal of … carbon emission reduction than redistribution (inequality reduction by transfers). However, those countries who contribute …