what extent is existing income inequality due to circumstances, as opposed to 'effort'? Our results suggest that several … circumstances, importantly both parental income and own IQ, are important for long-run income inequality, but that variations in … individual effort account for the most part of that inequality. …

are analogous to the widely-used decompositions of inequality indices by population subgroup, except that they summarize … are not dependent on the choice of a specific summary index. Nonetheless, since inequality and poverty indices can be …

The relationship between income inequality and polarization is an empirical fact: a change in equality might occur … together with a change in polarization. At the same time, polarization might emerge while inequality remains constant. The …

societal income inequality, poverty, polarization and societal segmentation are examined. What emerges for the Eurozone as an … behaviour. However, in the face of increasing overall Eurozone inequality, constituent nations were becoming increasingly …

This paper analyses changes in the distribution of equivalised gross household income and income inequality in New … factors on alternative summary measures of inequality over the period. We find that changes in household structure and in the … socio-demographic characteristics of households are the main factors contributing to the rise in inequality, while the large …

This paper analyses changes in the distribution of equivalised gross household income and income inequality in New … these factors on alternative summary measures of inequality over the period. We find that changes in household structure and … in the socio-demographic characteristics of households are the main factors contributing to the rise in inequality, while …

This paper investigates income inequality and mobility for the prime age working population of Switzerland in the early … here in terms of inequality reduction when the accounting period for income is extended. We find that income inequality … increased between the early 80s and early 90s. The computation of within inequality reveals that age explains a significant …

are analogous to the widely-used decompositions of inequality indices by population subgroup, except that they summarize … are not dependent on the choice of a specific summary index. Nonetheless, since inequality and poverty indices can be …

ethically flexible tools that integrate these two strands. This is achieved using a measure of inequality that merges the well … transfers into a vertical equity effect and a loss of redistribution due to either classical HI or reranking. An inequality …-change approach and a money-metric cost-of-inequality approach are developed. The latter approach makes aggregate classical HI …

flexible tools that integrate these two strands. This is achieved using a measure of inequality that merges the well-known Gini … inequality-change approach and a money-metric cost-of-inequality approach are developed. The latter approach makes aggregate …