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Global interpersonal inequality : trends and measurement
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Roope, Laurence; Tarp, Finn - 2014
This paper discusses different approaches to the measurement of global interpersonal in equality. Trends in global interpersonal inequality during 1975-2005 are measured using data from UNU-WIDER’s World Income Inequality Database. In order to better understand the trends, global interpersonal...
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A unified structural equation modelling approach for the decomposition of rank-dependent indicators of socioeconomic inequality of health
Kessels, Roselinde; Erreygers, Guido - 2015
We present a unified structural equation modelling framework for the regression-based decomposition of rank-dependent indicators of socioeconomic inequality of health and compare it with a simple ordinary least squares regression. The structural equation modelling framework forms the basis for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010470402
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Ordinal multidimensional inequality
Sonne-Schmidt, Christoffer; Tarp, Finn; Østerdal, Lars … - 2013
This paper proposes a concept of inequality comparisons with ordinal multidimensional categorical data. In our model, one population is more unequal than another when they have common arithmetic median outcomes and the first can be obtained from the second by correlation-increasing switches...
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Differences in inequality measurement : Ghana case study
Atta-Ankomah, Richmond; Lambon-Quayefio, Monica; Osei, … - 2023
Over the years, money-metric measures of inequality such as the Gini coefficient and the Palma Ratio, as frequently used in Ghana, have become useful in providing quantitative measures of welfare distribution that enable a better understanding of the extent and nature of inequality. From these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014314684
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Global income polarization : relative and absolute perspectives
Jordá, Vanesa; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Roope, Laurence; … - 2023
This paper presents the first global and regional estimates of polarization and bipolarization spanning the period 1960-2020. The study relies on group data to implement a flexible parametric model to obtain the global income distribution and polarization estimates. The study introduces a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014442614
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An open database on inequality and polarization in length of life (1950-2021)
Jordá, Vanesa; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Tejería, Mercedes - 2023
Monitoring health is key for identifying priorities in public health planning and improving healthcare services. Life expectancy has conventionally been regarded as a valuable indicator to compare the health status of different populations. However, this measure is simply the mean of the...
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How polarized is the global income distribution?
Roope, Laurence; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Tarp, Finn - 2018
The interest in the level of global inequality has surged in recent years. This paper complements existing estimates of global inequality by providing the first estimates of the level of bipolarization of the global income distribution. During 1975-2010, global bipolarization declined...
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Construction productivity and global inequality
Paul, Saumik; Sen, Kunal - 2023
examines the implications of heterogeneity in construction productivity on cross-country income disparity. We estimate the 10 …:1 spread in construction productivity among 145 countries in 2005 as a factor of 61.7-fold. Based on a general equilibrium … construction productivity gap is eliminated. Sectoral characterization of the aggregate effect of a change in construction …
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Behind the numbers : exploring caste inequities in entrepreneurial success
Raj, Rajesh S. N.; Sen, Kunal - 2024
, focusing on the informal sector. Our examination shows a significant productivity gap between firms owned by disadvantaged … castes and others, including Other Backward Classes and Forward Castes, across the productivity distribution. The results of … observables in explaining the caste gap in productivity. This implies that even with improvements in firm attributes for Scheduled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014465261
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Inequality and productive structure : new evidence at the world level
Amarante, Verónica; Lanzilotta, Bibiana; Torres, Joaquín - 2023
This paper investigates the evolution of the productive structure around the world and the role it plays in the difference in inequality levels, using panel data for the period from 1995 to 2018. We approximate a country's productive structure through the Economic Complexity Index. Our results...
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