are for income inequality and relative poverty. To bridge this gap, we provide new evidence on the basis of the best … countries. We find that for some countries Gini coefficients and headcount poverty ratios are statistically significantly … Gini coefficients by 2% for Italy, 3% for Columbia and by 4% for Georgia, while it would increase the headcount poverty …

are for income inequality and relative poverty. To bridge this gap, we provide new evidence on the basis of the best … countries. We find that for some countries Gini coefficients and headcount poverty ratios are statistically significantly … Gini coefficients by 2% for Italy, 3% for Columbia and by 4% for Georgia, while it would increase the headcount poverty …

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. Second, poverty scars: those who have been … poor in the past report lower life satisfaction today, even when out of poverty. Last, the order of poverty spells matters …

Rising poverty and inequality increases the risk of social instability in countries all around the world. For measuring … poverty and inequality there exists a variety of statistical indicators. Estimating these indicators is trivial as long as the … income variable is measured on a metric scale. However, estimation is not possible, using standard formulas, when the income …