implications regarding inequality. This paper derives a relation between a Lorenz Curve and the modality of its underlying income … Inequality Database underlines the relevance of the theoretical result: Curve-fitting of decile data based on criteria such as …

of the median. In the US, however, there has been a stronger increase in income polarization than in Germany: in the US …

percent of the median. In the US, however, there has been a stronger increase in income polarization than in Germany. This is …

percent of the median. In the US, however, there has been a stronger increase in income polarization than in Germany. This is …

function of the Gini coefficient, the Herfindahl-Hirschman fractionalization index, and a specific measure of polarization due …

disparities. Comparing polarization and inequality, we find similarities, but also some differences. Our results therefore … underscore the importance of studying polarization as distinct from traditional inequality. …We analyze polarization in India roughly in the past two and half decades using consumption expenditure data. We show …

been associated with widening disparities. Comparing polarization and inequality, we find similarities, but also some … differences. Our results therefore underscore the importance of studying polarization as distinct from traditional inequality. …We analyze polarization in India roughly in the past two and half decades using consumption expenditure data. We show …

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 …

foundations, how polarization is distinct from inequality and other ways of considering distances and differences across …This chapter reviews the basic conceptual foundations for the measurement of polarization, the origins of those … individuals, and how polarization can be measured in an economic, a social, and a hybrid socioeconomic perspective. The chapter …

, it is shown that the inequality of that distribution is stable and that its degree of polarization has a decreasing trend …The paper discusses the concept of polarization of an income distribution and examines the earnings distribution of …. Next, the paper analyses the changes in the inequality between permanent and temporary employees and between those with or …