growth of the bottom 40 percent of the population. The simple monitoring indicator then is the income per capita of the … bottom 40 percent of the population. The growth of this indicator can be decomposed into two components: the change in the … paper presents: (i) a brief discussion of the properties of the indicator; (ii) the simple decomposition in algebraic form …

the financial crisis and the ensuing real crisis have roots in the strong increase in incomes inequality that has been …

This paper describes individuals’ inequality perceptions, distributional norms, and redistributive preferences in a … inequality and redistribution. Not surprisingly, the effective level of redistribution (after tax-and-transfer inequality) is … objective dimension of inequality and redistribution are, at least partially, linked with individuals’ political preferences and …

The present paper assesses the impacts of renewable energy generation and globalization on income inequality in … Argentina. We make use of vector autoregression models. We find that globalization and hydroelectric power increase inequality …

The article analyses the issue of economic inequality in the transition economies of Central, East and Southeast Europe … part we point at the fact that the rise in income inequality was triggered by the magnitude of transitional output loss and … a reduction of formal employment. Rising wage inequality was at the core of total income dispersion, while government …

This analysis aims to understand the role and the extent of childhood circumstances in current inequality in health … adulthood in Europe. As childhood circumstances represent unfair sources of inequality, these results give an empirical …