Inequality is anisotropic: its intensity is variable along the income scale. Therefore, to focus on local inequalities … coefficients able to summarize the shape of inequalities: a main coefficient, alpha, measures inequality at the median, and two … indexes, generalized entropy, Wolfson polarization, etc.). This method also provides a smoothing tool that is able to show the …

The isograph methodology is developed here with associated distributions, indicators of inequality, additional results … distributions (FC, Dagum, SinghMaddala) are presented along with new proposals, including gb2 subfamilies with p=1/q and p=q, the … completes LaSi with a polarization term of intensity pi and location kappa. This latest proposal fits better the cases of …

distributions in terms of families of inequality measures, Lorenz ordering of multiparameter distributions in terms of their … parameters, probability inequalities for distributions of quadratic forms, and Condorcet jury theorems. …

The generalized entropy class of inequality indices is derived for Generalized Beta of the Second Kind (GB2) income … distributions, thereby providing a full range of top-sensitive and bottom-sensitive measures. An examination of British income … inequality in 1994/95 and 2004/05 illustrates the analysis …

distinguishing income and wealth inequality. …

processes: reordering of the socio-economic position of urban neighbourhoods; changing levels of inequality between …

Inequality, bi-polarization and polarization are related but distinct concepts aiming at analysing the income … distribution. This paper first recalls the main differences between these three notions of inequality, bipolarization and … polarization and then suggests using the so-called Shapley decomposition to show that the various income sources have a different …

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 …