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Regional income stratification in unified Germany using a Gini decomposition approach
Frick, Joachim R.; Goebel, Jan - 2005
unification using a new method for detecting social stratification by a decomposition of the GINI index which yields the …This paper delivers new insights into the development of income inequality and regional stratification in Germany after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267316
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Evolution of Inequality in Nigeria: A Tale of Falling Inequality, Rising Poverty and Regional Heterogeneity
Chiwuzulum Odozi, John; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2022
Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only the upper class has benefited from economic growth in Nigeria over time. The disconnect between these findings and anecdotal evidence, and the limitation in how inequality was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296581
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Evolution of inequality in Nigeria : a tale of falling inequality, rising poverty and regional heterogeneity
Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2022
Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only the upper class has benefited from economic growth in Nigeria overtime. The disconnect between these findings and anecdotal evidence, and the limitation in how inequality was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414158
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Evolution of inequality in Nigeria : a tale of falling inequality, rising poverty and regional heterogeneity
Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2022
Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only the upper class has benefited from economic growth in Nigeria over time. The disconnect between these findings and anecdotal evidence, and the limitation in how inequality was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472036
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Within-between decomposition of the Gini index : a novel proposal
Attili, Federico - 2021 - Rev. ed.
This paper considers a partitioned population and develops a decomposition of the Gini index in two components, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012664693
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Within-between decomposition of the Gini index : a novel proposal
Attili, Federico - 2020
population partitioned by subgroups and develops a decomposition of the Gini index in two components, which measure the within … possess a crucial property which overcomes important issues that may arise using any Gini index decomposition in the spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301102
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New imputation procedures in the measurement of inequality, growth, and poverty in Brazil
Hecksher, Marcos; Neri, Marcelo Cortes; Silva, Pedro … - 2018
This paper develops a new imputation methodology applied to missing incomes values in PNAD. PNAD is the main Brazilian household survey, but it has no imputation. The imputation process starts by fitting regression models applied to different income sources considering the complex sampling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943933
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The new "minimum vital income" in Spain: Distributional and poverty effects in the presence and absence of regional minimum income schemes
Badenes Plá, Nuria; Gambau-Suelves, Borja - 2020
The "Minimum Vital Income" (IMV) constitutes a novelty in the panorama for fighting poverty by guaranteeing minimum incomes after the COVID-19 crisis. This work simulates the distributional and poverty effects of the IMV introduction across Spanish regions using EUROMOD. Our results show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013205350
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Regional income stratification in unified Germany using a Gini decomposition approach
Frick, Joachim R. (contributor); Goebel, Jan (contributor) - 2005
unification using a new method for detecting social stratification by a decomposition of the GINI index which yields the … regional concentration of future transfers from East to West Germany. -- inequality decomposition ; Gini ; stratification …This paper delivers new insights into the development of income inequality and regional stratification in Germany after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003227214
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Regional Income Stratification in Unified Germany Using a Gini Decomposition Approach
Frick, Joachim R. - 2006
unification using a new method for detecting social stratification by a decomposition of the GINI index which yields the …This paper delivers new insights into the development of income inequality and regional stratification in Germany after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012783381