to changes at the extremes of the distribution might obscure inequality's actual dimension, and thus help perpetuate it …. To avoid this, the ratio of the income share of the top 5 per cent over that of the bottom 40 per cent, denominated Palma … v.2, could function as a complementary indicator for the measurement of inequality. …

changes at the extremes of the distribution might obscure inequality's actual dimension, and thereby help perpetuate it. To … avoid this, the present paper discusses a complementary indicator for the measurement of inequality: the ratio of the income … suggested 'Palma ratio' dividing the income share of the top 10 per cent income earners by that of the bottom 40 per cent's. …

High-quality data on state-level inequality and incomes, panel data on corruption convictions, and careful attention to … of inequality, which indicate diminished prospects facing those convicted of corruption. In US states over 25 years we … show that inequality and higher government relative wages significantly and robustly produce less corruption. This reverses …

, a reliable assessment of inequality in living standards, therefore, necessitates the conversion of the original … conversion strategy, and explain our results by means of an inequality decomposition by population subgroups. …

, a reliable assessment of inequality in living standards, therefore, necessitates the conversion of the original … conversion strategy, and explain our results by means of an inequality decomposition by population subgroups. …

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 …

We investigate the effects of inequality in wealth on the incentives to contribute to a public good when agents are … generated by purely selfish agents. But introducing inequality motivates more productive agents to exert higher efforts and help … disadvantageous inequality. Moreover, the more inequity averse the agents, the more inequality should be imposed even by an …

dramatic transformations in the past century. While Classical economists advanced the hypothesis that inequality is beneficial … two decades. Theory and subsequent empirical evidence have demonstrated that income distribution has a significant impact …