Inequality is anisotropic: its intensity is variable along the income scale. Therefore, to focus on local inequalities … coefficients able to summarize the shape of inequalities: a main coefficient, alpha, measures inequality at the median, and two … indexes, generalized entropy, Wolfson polarization, etc.). This method also provides a smoothing tool that is able to show the …

The isograph methodology is developed here with associated distributions, indicators of inequality, additional results … distributions (FC, Dagum, SinghMaddala) are presented along with new proposals, including gb2 subfamilies with p=1/q and p=q, the … completes LaSi with a polarization term of intensity pi and location kappa. This latest proposal fits better the cases of …

The generalized entropy class of inequality indices is derived for Generalized Beta of the Second Kind (GB2) income … distributions, thereby providing a full range of top-sensitive and bottom-sensitive measures. An examination of British income … inequality in 1994/95 and 2004/05 illustrates the analysis …

distributions in terms of families of inequality measures, Lorenz ordering of multiparameter distributions in terms of their … parameters, probability inequalities for distributions of quadratic forms, and Condorcet jury theorems. …

I determine UK income inequality levels and trends by combining inequality estimates from tax return data (for the … enhance comparability. For top income recipients, I estimate inequality and mean income by fitting Pareto models to the tax … with a threshold set at the 99th or 95th percentile (depending on year). Conclusions about aggregate UK inequality trends …

I determine UK income inequality levels and trends by combining inequality estimates from tax return data (for the … enhance comparability. For top income recipients, I estimate inequality and mean income by fitting Pareto models to the tax … with a threshold set at the 99th or 95th percentile (depending on year). Conclusions about aggregate UK inequality trends …

distributions can be viewed as an abstract measure of skewness. We develop some of its properties and apply it to the US …

processes: reordering of the socio-economic position of urban neighbourhoods; changing levels of inequality between …

Inequality, bi-polarization and polarization are related but distinct concepts aiming at analysing the income … distribution. This paper first recalls the main differences between these three notions of inequality, bipolarization and … polarization and then suggests using the so-called Shapley decomposition to show that the various income sources have a different …