that can be used to analyse the inequality phenomenon in and among countries. The data are easily accessible for use in … comparative research on inequality across regions and countries, especially those covered by the UNU-WIDER World Income Inequality … Database (WIID) initiative. This initiative is among the leading data innovations in the field of inequality research. This …

Based on stylized evidence showing variation of the Gini coefficient of income inequality across skill cohorts and on … the rapid rise in trade in technology-intensive goods, the ripple effects of technology transmission and income inequality … income inequality to decline. The conjoined parameters retard growth's inequality-enhancing effect and thus facilitate long …

Using a Global database, stylized evidences are presented to show that Gini coefficient of income inequality varies … inequality for the relatively unskilled cohorts for which Gini values are comparatively lower order of magnitude than those for … on income inequality. Nexus between income inequality and technology capture is explored in a global CGE framework. In …

I consider two issues concerning how to monitor global poverty for the Millennium Development Goals, the selection of … poverty lines, and the data sources for monitoring poverty over time. I discuss the choice of a single international line …, converted using purchasing power parity exchange rates, versus the use of country-specific poverty lines. I note the …

Despite a rich literature studying the impact of inequality on policy outcomes, there has been limited effort to bring …

Despite a rich literature studying the impact of inequality on policy outcomes, there has been limited effort to bring …

In this paper, we present new projections for a range of global poverty-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs …), specifically, extreme monetary poverty, undernutrition, stunting, child mortality, maternal mortality, and access to clean water … end global poverty, and the global poverty-related SDGs will not be met by a considerable distance. The implication of …

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 …

analyse the poverty and income inequality effects of globalisation and resource allocation in the region. Using data from the … that: (1) while economic globalisation reduces both poverty and income inequality, social globalisation matters only for … the media and research landscapes. However, rigorous empirical content backing such claims, particularly, on both poverty …