The generalized entropy class of inequality indices is derived for Generalized Beta of the Second Kind (GB2) income … distributions, thereby providing a full range of top-sensitive and bottom-sensitive measures. An examination of British income … inequality in 1994/95 and 2004/05 illustrates the analysis. …

shape of the distribution and derived measures of inequality, poverty, and mobility. Using employment histories of German … period of income. Estimates from annual, quarterly and monthly distributions are provided for one and a half decades …

This study examines empirically the impact of income polarization on economic growth in an unbalanced panel of more … than 70 countries during the 1960–2005 period. We calculate various polarization indices using existing micro …-level datasets, as well as datasets reconstructed from grouped data on income distribution taken from the World Income Inequality …

Inequality, bi-polarization and polarization are related but distinct concepts aiming at analysing the income … distribution. This paper first recalls the main differences between these three notions of inequality, bipolarization and … polarization and then suggests using the so-called Shapley decomposition to show that the various income sources have a different …

Inequality, bi-polarization and polarization are related but distinct concepts aiming at analysing the income … on inequality, bipolarization and polarization is analyzed via what is known as the Shapley de-composition and the … distribution. This paper first recalls the main differences between these three notions of inequality, bipolarization and …

function of the Gini coefficient, the Herfindahl-Hirschman fractionalization index, and a specific measure of polarization due …

found that inequality is positively associated with polarization and has an inverse-U relationship with fractionalization … heterogeneity on the one hand and measures of inequality and redistribution on the other, using state-level US data. Design …/methodology/approach – The relationship between ethnic/religious heterogeneity and inequality/redistribution is estimated, first, with ordinary …

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 … the disposable income distributions evolved over time. The results indicate that polarization increased in all the …

This study examines empirically the impact of income polarization on economic growth in an unbalanced panel of more … than 70 countries during the 1960–2005 period. We calculate various polarization indices using existing micro …-level datasets, as well as datasets reconstructed from grouped data on income distribution taken from the World Income Inequality …

calculate inequality and polarization indices and then we specifically analyze whether the Spanish tax-benefit system helped to …