We apply a variation of Bourguignon, Meléndez and Ferreira (2005) methodology to examine the extent to which income … a bi-parental household reduces income inequality, but in a small margin, in the range of 8 to 13 points of the Gini … part of income inequality may be associated with unobserved heterogeneity across individuals unrelated to circumstances of …

This article provides a tool to study over time the distributions of income in a population, regardless the irregular … time series ; income distribution …

, divorced status, poor grades, and accessing the Internet outside of the home. The results of this study will allow health …

also be interpreted as the income/consumption expenditure elasticity evaluated at the mean. Additionally, we propose a … decomposition method using expenditure components and provide an empirical example with Japanese data. -- health inequality …

the 2005/6 Zimbabwe Demographic Health Survey was estimated. Secondary education increases the odds of use of maternal … pattern is consistent for other services as well. Other important determinants are age, education, wealth, polygamy and … assist health policy making, there was an investigation of how demographic, socioeconomic and cultural factors determine …

. For the purpose of the study, we use household income data from the last two Household Budget Surveys (HBS) which cover …

. Increasing education of workers is expected to contribute to reduce wage inequality. Based on historical trends of age, education …, and returns to education, this paper attempts to forecast wage inequality. Despite an increase in average earnings due to … higher levels of education of workers, high levels of wage inequality within age groups and within education groups produce …

changes in the shape of the distribution of income in Chile, and in the composition of top 10% and top 1% incomes. In line … composition of top income groups related to greater relative importance of women, employees and college schooling levels. These … of household members working in the labor market. -- income distribution ; income mobility …

unteren und mittleren Einkommensbereich zu senken. -- personal income taxation ; effective tax progression ; family taxation …