Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to decompose inequality in Sri Lanka by population subgroups and income sources … firstly sketches an inequality profile for Sri Lanka and then investigates the principle components of inequality by applying … several decomposition techniques. Essentially a decomposable class of inequality measures were computed by considering …

inequality in water usage. Design/methodology/approach Gini coefficients and Theil indices have been used to estimate the overall … inequality in domestic water use in a sample of 30 countries around the world. Along with Theil’s L (unweighted) index, liters … inequality in water use in accordance to the countries’ economic standing. Findings Domestic water use is high among the well …

past decade. Design/methodology/approach – The sample is limited to a panel of African countries for which inflation is non …

Abstract This paper uses US state panel data to explore the relationship between the share of income received by … responsive to increases in inequality. A substantial literature on the impacts of inequality on economic growth exists, but has … increased levels of income inequality. This paper departs from that literature by exploring the effect of inequality on the …

Purpose – Measures of inequality determine the effectiveness of social and economic policies aimed at reducing … inequality and to design effective intervention policies. The purpose of this paper is to focus on poverty reduction and welfare … improving impacts of reducing income inequality in the case of Fiji. Using Fiji's Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2002 …

joining EMU. Originality/value – The study provides stronger evidence than previous studies for the theory that real interest …