We investigate the impact of regional migration on average wages and on wage inequality in the West African Economic … entails a decrease in inequality that ranges between -1.5% (for the Gini index) and -4.5% (for the interquartile ratio). This … is essentially driven by a reduction in inequality between countries, while the effect of migration on within …

This paper investigates the relationship between the capital share in national income and personal income inequality … income shares with a broader measure of inequality (Gini coefficient), the positive relationship re-mains but becomes …

In this paper, we use the World Income Inequality Database to assess the main trends in inequality within countries … only a few exceptions, we compare the same inequality concept obtained from the same source in two different years in each … witnessing a decline of inequality as measured by the Gini index, even if once accounted for the fact that inequality increased …

levels of inequality. In other words, a higher level of "elitism", i.e., large gap in quality of universities, and tight … inequality than most of the other OECD countries. …

indices related to socio-economic inequality, such as the Gini index, human development index, or gender inequality index … insignificant, indicating income inequality had little effect on students’ PISA performance. On the other hand, the gender … inequality index was the single most statistically significant explanatory variable for both OECD and non-OECD countries …

2013, we provide consistent estimates of the gender wage gap in urban China and investigate those factors that have …. Based on new data for 2013, however, we find that from 2007 to 2013 the gender wage gap narrowed. For 2013 we estimate the … gender wage gap at between 19 percent and 25 percent. Oaxaca-Blinder decompositions reveal that the contributions of the …

This paper considers various dimensions and sources of gender inequality and presents policies and best practices to … promotes gender equality. Despite recent progress, gender gaps remain across all stages of life, including before birth, and … negatively impact health, education, and economic outcomes for women. The roadmap to gender equality has to rely on legal …

thesis that gender-specific patterns in the evaluation of personal earnings are both reduced and increased in dual … evaluations of the justice of their personal earnings. In the first step we derive three criteria used by individuals to evaluate … the fairness or justice of their personal earnings: compensation for services rendered, coverage of basic needs, and the …