In this paper, we use the World Income Inequality Database to assess the main trends in inequality within countries … only a few exceptions, we compare the same inequality concept obtained from the same source in two different years in each … witnessing a decline of inequality as measured by the Gini index, even if once accounted for the fact that inequality increased …

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. …

in education, gender inequality in educational attainment has consistently been declining over time. The same consistent …This study uses five series of demographic and health surveys to answer the question: 'Is horizontal inequality in … education and wealth increasing or decreasing in the 20-year interval between 1991 and 2010?'. Horizontal inequality in …

to changes at the extremes of the distribution might obscure inequality’s actual dimension, and thus help perpetuate it … v.2, could function as a complementary indicator for the measurement of inequality. …

This paper aims at measuring and analysing for the first time inequality in the distribution of expenditures among … decomposition of the Gini index through Shapley's approach, within-group inequality is greater than between-group inequality. These …

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 …

Over the years, money-metric measures of inequality such as the Gini coefficient and the Palma Ratio, as frequently … understanding of the extent and nature of inequality. From these measures, we know that inequality has been rising in Ghana despite … high and stable growth and a decline in the poverty rate. Although rising, however, inequality is low in Ghana compared …

review of recent research, consideration of how inequality is discussed in legal documents, and an analysis of inequality … using household survey data from Viet Nam. Inequality is widely mentioned in legal documents. As of May 2024, there are 443 … 'social equity'. The term 'gender equality' is mentioned in 6,744 legal documents. Regarding academic studies, most focus on …

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 …