India today is achieving per capita growth rates that are historically unprecedented. Poverty reduction has also accelerated. There is concern, however, that this growth is being accompanied by rising inequality. We report on a research project that examines inequality trends and dynamics at the...

Over the past 2 decades, income inequality has moderated in three middle-income countries in Southeast Asia-the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam-with multiple factors at play. In each country, wage, nonfarm business income, and overseas remittance concentrations declined as less well-off...

The distribution of personal income in a society depends strongly on the within-household distribution of income. Nevertheless, little is known about this phenomenon. I analyze the sharing of income among household partners from a welfare economic perspective. Measures of financial satisfaction...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of private and public initiatives (financial literacy, entrepreneurship, remote work and government aid) on individual job loss and decrease in income during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru. Design/methodology/approach The authors used...

The paper deals with regional inequality of per capita income by income class in Brazil. Regional income inequality measures by income class are calculated, allowing for the identification of the income classes for which inequality is the highest. The indicators are calculated for the years...

The paper deals with regional inequality of per capita income by income class in Brazil. Regional income inequality measures by income class are calculated, allowing for the identification of the income classes for which inequality is the highest. The indicators are calculated for the years...