found that inequality is positively associated with polarization and has an inverse-U relationship with fractionalization … heterogeneity on the one hand and measures of inequality and redistribution on the other, using state-level US data. Design …/methodology/approach – The relationship between ethnic/religious heterogeneity and inequality/redistribution is estimated, first, with ordinary …

This paper revisits the fitting of parametric distributions to earned income data. In line with Camilo Dagum's dictum …

One of the central topics in recent empirical work on subjective well-being is that of comparisons to a reference group … paper, we summarize some recent findings with respect to geographical comparisons of income, unemployment, health and …

found that inequality is positively associated with polarization and has an inverse‐U relationship with fractionalization … heterogeneity on the one hand and measures of inequality and redistribution on the other, using state‐level US data. Design …/methodology/approach – The relationship between ethnic/religious heterogeneity and inequality/redistribution is estimated, first, with ordinary …

inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). …

We examine the relationship between perceived income positions and attitudes towards inequality at a supranational …

In this paper, we evaluate income distributions in four European countries (Austria, Italy, Spain and Hungary) using … consistent results, in terms of both inequality measures and poverty rates. To the extent that the results differ, we explore the …

contrast, monetary policy has only negligible effects on wealth inequality. …

A method to impute consumption expenditure inequality between wealth groups in the Survey of Consumer Finances is … increases in wealth inequality have passed through to consumption. Repeating this exercise in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics …