This paper analyzes the dynamics of poverty and income inequality during the recovery phase of the transition that … characterized the Republic of Latvia in the late 1990s. Despite a continued rise in income inequality, empirical evidence suggests … urban areas. In a context of rising income inequality and widening urban-rural income and poverty gaps, the benefits of …

income inequality in rural Egypt. After pinpointing the importance of nonfarm income to the rural poor, the author decomposes … income represents the most important inequality-reducing source of income, agricultural income represents the most important … inequality-increasing source. A 1 percent marginal increase in nonfarm income will cause the Gini coefficient of overall income …

Differing value judgments in measuring inequality underlie the conflicting factual claims about how much poor people … relative inequality versus absolute inequality, vertical inequalities versus horizontal inequalities, and whether they are … consistently individualistic in assessing the extent of inequality. The value judgments on these issues made by both sides need …

evaluation of the impact of a series of pro-growth policies on inequality and headcount poverty. He relies on a large … the policies under consideration on growth, inequality, and poverty. The author's findings indicate that regardless of … their impact on inequality, pro-growth policies lead to lower poverty levels in the long run. However, he also finds …

vary substantially. A growing theoretical literature suggests that inequality within communities can influence policy … the impact of inequality have, to date, largely been held back by a lack of systematic evidence on community …-level inequality. The authors use household survey and population census data to estimate per capita consumption inequality within …

differences between functionals of two income distributions (such as inequality or poverty measures) into shares because of … Brazilian income distribution and those of Mexico and the United States, and find that most of Brazil's excess income inequality …

Official tabulations from household survey data suggest rising income inequality in post-reform rural China, a trend of … increase in inequality in 1985-90 vanishes when market-based valuation methods are used and allowances are made for regional … cost-of-living differences. The data revisions also suggest somewhat different explanations for rising inequality. Nonfarm …