How inequality is generated and how it reproduces over time? This has been a major concern of social scientists for … the only one. There is an increasing “inequality” throughout the world. Over the period 1960-2000, the richest 5 % of the … education, and there is an intimate connection between nutrition and poverty. The measurement of inequality is a highly …

implications regarding inequality. This paper derives a relation between a Lorenz Curve and the modality of its underlying income … Inequality Database underlines the relevance of the theoretical result: Curve-fitting of decile data based on criteria such as …

-led engagement in non-agricultural activities would be inequality-decreasing through increasing the incomes of the poorer parts of … the population and would reduce poverty. Opportunity-led diversification, by contrast, would increase inequality and have … opportunity-led diversification. Yet, the poverty and inequality implications of the differently motivated diversification …

obtain measures for global inequality and poverty as well as global growth incidence curves. …

gender inequality understood as long-lasting norms, values and codes of conduct that shape gender roles, and presents … development, one has to consider social institutions related to gender inequality to better account for differences in development … education, higher fertility rates and higher child mortality. Moreover, social institutions related to gender inequality are …