This paper applies multidimensional affluence measures to a new dataset on income and wealth in 15 Eurozone countries …. We start our analysis by examining the income and wealth distributions separately for each country, and extend it to a … multidimensional setting by considering the joint distribution of income and wealth. The results indicate that, with the exception of …

inequality. In high income countries, the evidence that income (wealth) does have a causal impact on health in adulthood is weak … distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence … difficult to gauge the magnitude of the contribution this makes to income inequality. Variation in exposure to health risks …

This paper applies multidimensional affluence measures to a new dataset on income and wealth in 15 Eurozone countries …. We start our analysis by examining the income and wealth distributions separately for each country, and extend it to a … multidimensional setting by considering the joint distribution of income and wealth. The results indicate that the percentage of …

This paper is the first to compare global trends in income and wealth inequality this century. It is based on large … one half - of wealth inequality. Broadly similar results are found for different years and different inequality indices …, within-country wealth inequality has risen, halting the downward shift in global wealth inequality and raising the share of …

Since the late twentieth century there has been a growing interest in academic and political circles on inequality. In … research about Inequality since the 1950s; (ii) the development of a new method of analysis that combines (ii-a) a quantitative …

inequality in household wealth in all 8 countries. … intergenerational wealth transfers on the net worth distribution in 8 European countries and compare it to recent findings for the US …

distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence …-health’s contribution to income inequality is difficult to gauge. Variation in exposure to health risks early in life could be an important … mechanism through which health may generate and possibly sustain economic inequality. If material advantage can be exercised …

equal distribution of education contributes significantly to reducing income inequality. Educational expansion is a major … factor in reducing educational inequality and thus income inequality. Public policies that improve social benefits and price … stability contribute to reducing income inequality, while public spending on education helps to reduce educational inequality …