case studies rather than cross-country regression analysis; (ii) the phenomenon of increasing inequality; (iii) different …) alternative modes of redistribution in face of inequality increasing tendencies. …

Standard income inequality indices can be interpreted as a measure of welfare loss entailed in departures from equality … to Theil's first and second inequality indices respectively. The LR values may either be used as a test statistic or to …. The answer to the process versus outcomes critique is thus not to stop calculating inequality measures, but to interpret …