This paper examines the sensitivity of inequality and poverty measures to the choice of adult equivalence scales and …

values provided by Statistics New Zealand. Measures of income inequality and poverty, along with the incidence of income tax …, do not have a significant impact on population-level measures of income inequality. …

This paper explores, in the context of the Atkinson inequality measure, attempts to make interpretations of orders of … useful intuitive description for people who want some idea of what an inequality measure ‘actually means'. In contrast with … additional approach is to obtain the ‘pivotal income', above which a small increase for any individual increases inequality. The …

This paper examines the sensitivity of inequality and poverty measures to the adult equivalence scale and the unit of …

inequality are decomposed into those arising from population and tax structure changes. When considering the period 2007 to 2010 … all measures agree that inequality fell, although the extent of the reduction varies. For the period 2007 to 2011 (after … the tax reforms of 2010) the answer to the question of whether inequality in New Zealand has risen or fallen depends …

This paper explores, in the context of the Atkinson inequality measure, attempts to make interpretations of orders of … useful intuitive description for people who want some idea of what an inequality measure ‘actually means’. In contrast with … additional approach is to obtain the ‘pivotal income’, above which a small increase for any individual increases inequality. The …

This paper presents two ‘non-welfarist’ approaches and one ‘welfarist’ approach to decompose changes in inequality and … inequality and in values of a social welfare function in Australia between 2001 and 2006 are examined. Inequality is first …

This paper explores, in the context of the Atkinson inequality measure, attempts to make interpretations of orders of … useful intuitive description for people who want some idea of what an inequality measure ‘actually means’. In contrast with … additional approach is to obtain the ‘pivotal income’, above which a small increase for any individual increases inequality. The …

This paper uses a lifetime income simulation model to examine the effects on inequality and progressivity of extending … life cycle of the cohort. Simulations show that progressivity and inequality measures can often move in opposite directions …

This paper uses a lifetime income simulation model to examine the effects on inequality and progressivity of extending … life cycle of the cohort. Simulations show that progressivity and inequality measures can often move in opposite directions …