developed by extending Axelrod's cultural diffusion model. Bourdieu's theory is decomposed into two components: a capital effect …The contribution to the social theory of consumption of the late Pierre Bourdieu has been widely recognized, but not … fully absorbed by the economics discipline. To address this lacuna, an agent-based model of Bourdieu's social theory is …

In this work, we study the short- and long-run properties of different inequality series vis-à-vis the most important … facts about inequality. The broad picture emerging from our empirical analysis is one where some common patterns coexist … together with several country specificities. More specifically, most of inequality series are not stationary; long …

The increasing wage inequality in many countries is usually seen as brought about by economic forces that drive for …

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

Where should we look to understand the origin of inequality? I propose an unusual window of evidence—modern societies …. I hypothesize that evidence for the origin of inequality is encoded in the institutional structure of industrial … energy, hierarchy, and inequality and creates a hindcast of the origin of inequality. The results are broadly consistent with …

The relationship between inequality and financial instability has become a thriving topic of research in heterodox …

evidence that Federalism is a strong predictor of greater income inequality in developing economies. It is also a strong … appears to be a leap from the frying pan into the fire of even greater income inequality and poverty incidence. …