Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through … considerable impact on the degree and structure of inequality and poverty (see Hauser 2008, Causa et al. 2009, Nolan et al. 2009 …

appears to be a leap from the frying pan into the fire of even greater income inequality and poverty incidence. … evidence that Federalism is a strong predictor of greater income inequality in developing economies. It is also a strong … predictor of higher poverty incidence and poverty severity on average for all countries. Federalism does not predict lower …

inequality in the U.S. without generating much benefit in terms of lower crime rates. …

arbitrary definition such as income quartiles or the poverty line. Recently, Foster and Wolfson developed a methodology which … by an increasing income inequality, we find that the middle class declined and income polarization increased. In the …

multidimensional inequality “frontier”, we are able to reconcile the literature on multivariate relative poverty and multivariate …The paper investigates how comparisons of multivariate inequality can be made robust to varying the intensity of focus … on the share of the population that are more relatively deprived. It follows the dominance approach to making inequality …

inequality “frontier”, we are able to reconcile the literature on multivariate relative poverty and multivariate inequality. Some …The paper investigates how comparisons of multivariate inequality can be made robust to varying the intensity of focus … and follows the dominance approach to making inequality comparisons. By focusing on those below a multidimensional …

Using comparable fiscal incidence analysis, this paper examines the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and poverty … targeted at the rich. While fiscal policy always reduces inequality, this is not the case with poverty. Fiscal policy increases … poverty in 4 countries using a US$1.25/day PPP poverty line, in 8 countries using a US$2.50/day line, and in 15 countries …

This chapter investigates the relationship between immigration and inequality in the UK over the past 40 years. This is … the impact immigration had on wage inequality in the UK through two channels: the first is the effect on the earnings … very small. We decompose wage inequality into inequality within the immigrant and native groups and inequality between the …

This chapter examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. It first … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The chapter also provides a …