In this paper, we conduct the novel exercise of analyzing the relationship between overall wealth inequality and caste …-caste inequality accounted for about 13 percent of overall wealth inequality in 2002-03, in part due to the considerable heterogeneity …

The paper describes inequality trends in selected emerging economies (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, China, India … of living). To the extent made possible by the nature of available data, measures of income inequality for these emerging … economies covered in the paper show levels of income inequality higher than in the five most unequal OECD countries, while the …

This paper undertakes an assessment of the evolution of inequality in the distribution of consumption expenditure in …' rather than 'rightist' or 'leftist' inequality measures, lead to a picture of inequality in the distribution of consumption … expenditure widening over time, which is at odds with the impression of more or less unchanging inequality conveyed in some of the …

This paper outlines a comparison empirically between overall inequality in child malnutrition (Malnutrition-Gini) and … wealth based inequality in child malnutrition (Wealth-Based-Concentration Index) for Indian children. The framework by A …. The degree of Wealth-based inequality is estimated at around 25% of overall inequality for both compromised z-score (h …

A recent trend in the study of poverty is to consider a relative poverty line, one that is responsive to the nature of … the income distribution. We develop an axiomatic approach to the determination of an amalgam poverty line. Given a … reference income (e.g. the mean or the median), the amalgam poverty line becomes a weighted average of the absolute poverty line …

been argued (a) that average adult height may depend negatively on income inequality; (b) that some measure of inequality … in adult heights is informative about inequality in income; and (c) that differences in heights between groups are … cases, height inequality is unlikely to indicate income inequality, but that (a) and (c) are plausible and worth serious …

This study tests the effects of inequality of opportunity on the economic performance of Indian states. This is first … state-level analysis of inequality of opportunity in income due to caste, religion and gender. Results suggest that there is … wide heterogeneity among Indian states in inequality of opportunity. Models overcoming the endogeneity problem in the …