, this paper summarizes research findings on the relationship between urbanization, urban-rural inequality, and poverty, and …

In this paper, we use the World Income Inequality Database to assess the main trends in inequality within countries … only a few exceptions, we compare the same inequality concept obtained from the same source in two different years in each … witnessing a decline of inequality as measured by the Gini index, even if once accounted for the fact that inequality increased …

Absolute poverty has dropped markedly in Bulgaria but income inequality has increased substantially in the aftermath of … the GFC. This increase is due to a rise in market income inequality that was compounded by a reduction in fiscal … redistributive efficiency. The COVID-19 crisis is likely to deepen income inequality, increasing the room for redistributive policies …

suggest that minimum wage increases can significantly reduce in-work poverty, wage inequality and the gender pay gap, while …

increases can significantly reduce in-work poverty, wage inequality, and the gender pay gap, while generally improving the …