summarize recent horizontal inequality trends across and within countries and to better understand these changes over time …. Importantly, significant differences exist for different inequality dimensions, i.e. economic, social, political. In terms of data …, few cross-country horizontal inequality datasets are available for research. In general, there is a trade-off between the …

Inequality and social exclusion receive considerable contemporary policy attention. In the field of international … development, inequality - both vertical (between individuals and households) and horizontal (between groups) - is a core concern … in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Despite considerable attention to horizontal inequality in both research …

A considerable body of research suggests that horizontal inequality between ethnic groups has major socioeconomic … implications, in particular for peace and economic development. Much of this work focuses on horizontal inequality as an … empirical reasons for treating horizontal inequality as a dependent variable and challenging assumptions of fixity. We first …

This paper analyses the labour market dynamics in Indonesia from 2001 to 2015 and explores the role of the changing … nature of occupational employment in explaining the rising earnings inequality during the same period. First, we find …-15. Third, using reference influence function regressions, we quantify the extent to which changes in inequality over time can …

Understanding wealth inequality has unique significance in South Africa. The coexistence of extreme poverty and extreme … wealth is starkly visible. Apartheid-era inequality has persisted despite more than 20 years of democracy. Much of the … research on inequality has focused on inequality of income and of opportunities. There is a large gap in understanding wealth …

consumption distribution, poverty, and inequality for the world and specific country aggregates. …

This paper is the first to compare global trends in income and wealth inequality this century. It is based on large … coefficient, inequality between countries accounts for about two-thirds of global income inequality, but noticeably less - around … one half - of wealth inequality. Broadly similar results are found for different years and different inequality indices …

This paper aims to advance understanding about the relationship between taxation and inequality in developing countries … taxes promoted the progressivity of the tax system and contributed to the reduction of inequality. Yet, the effectiveness of …