We show that measures of inequality of opportunity (IOP) fully consistent with Roemer (1998)’s IOP theory can be …

We show that measures of inequality of opportunity (IOP) fully consistent with Roemer (1998)'s IOP theory can be …

Studies have shown that the previously growing inequality in China has stabilized and even declined since 2008 (Kanbur … et al., 2021), nevertheless, the drivers of the latest trans-formation in income inequality remain to be unraveled. We … from 2010 to 2016. We apply the distributional decomposition method proposed by Bourguignon et al. (2008) and Sologon et al …

relationship between poverty and disability. Further, our analysis suggests for higher level of poverty and income inequality among …

The inequality growth during the last quarter century is explained as caused by a decreasing labor-labor exchange rate …, Japan, United Kingdom and United States) and Denmark (known for the world least inequality). Finally, it is shown that the … dependence between the degree of inequality and the degree of decline of the labor-labor exchange rate is statistically highly …

In seeking to understand inequality today, a great deal can be learned from history. However, there are few countries … for which the long-run development of income inequality has been charted. Many countries have records of incomes, taxes … and social support. This paper presents a new methodology constructing income inequality indices from such data. The …