inequality indices when estimated from complex survey data. It turns out that this method also greatly simplifies the …

generalisations. These curves are useful devices for examining welfare and inequality. Asymptotical sampling properties of the Lorenz … distribution of disposable income in 1971, 1976, 1981, 1985 and 1990. It is found out that relative inequality has been highest on … 1971, but the changes in relative inequality during period 1976-1990 have been almost negligible. Using a generalised …

decomposition techniques of inequality measurement in a bivariate distribution context. Usually decomposed measures of inequality …

This paper analyses changes in the distribution of equivalised gross household income and income inequality in New … these factors on alternative summary measures of inequality over the period. We find that changes in household structure and … in the socio-demographic characteristics of households are the main factors contributing to the rise in inequality, while …

This paper investigates income inequality and mobility for the prime age working population of Switzerland in the early … here in terms of inequality reduction when the accounting period for income is extended. We find that income inequality … increased between the early 80s and early 90s. The computation of within inequality reveals that age explains a significant …

are analogous to the widely-used decompositions of inequality indices by population subgroup, except that they summarize … are not dependent on the choice of a specific summary index. Nonetheless, since inequality and poverty indices can be …

ethically flexible tools that integrate these two strands. This is achieved using a measure of inequality that merges the well … transfers into a vertical equity effect and a loss of redistribution due to either classical HI or reranking. An inequality …-change approach and a money-metric cost-of-inequality approach are developed. The latter approach makes aggregate classical HI …

Poverty and inequality are often estimated from grouped data as complete household surveys are neither always available … methods, we use unit data from several household surveys and theoretical distributions. We find that poverty and inequality …

The relationship between income inequality and polarization is an empirical fact: a change in equality might occur … together with a change in polarization. At the same time, polarization might emerge while inequality remains constant. The …