This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the … empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the … forces that determine inequality change, focusing on factor accumulation and structural change. Next it considers the …

In this paper, we estimate the recent evolution of global interpersonal inequality and examine the effect of omitted … top incomes on the level and direction of global inequality. We propose a methodology to estimate the truncation point of … individuals in hous6000 unehold surveys generate a downward bias in global inequality estimates that ranges between 15 per cent …

represent extreme cases in the relationship of inequality to both wellbeing indicators. Income is more highly concentrated than … expenditure in India, especially at the top of the distribution. Both types of inequality are similar in China, although … and levels between the two wellbeing distributions. As a result, expenditure inequality is higher in China than in India …

This paper investigates the impact of inequality on individual civic engagement at the community level, whether this … impact persists over time, and what mechanisms may shape the relationship between inequality and civic engagement. The … results show that inequality in Colombia is associated with increases in individual participation in political organizations …

I discuss a new approach which decomposes inequality into the contributions of population groups by income sources. I … element indicating the marginal change in the inequality contribution of a group (as measured by the recentered influence … function) when an income source is added and with all contributions adding up to overall inequality. The approach can be used …

the dynamic study of inequality through the lens of social stratification. …

Using comparable fiscal incidence analysis, this paper examines the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty … targeted at the rich. While fiscal policy always reduces inequality, this is not the case with poverty. Fiscal policy increases …