We discuss a property of quasi-concavity for inequality measures. Defining income distributions as relative frequency … least unequal income distribution of the two. The quasi-concavity property is not essential to the idea of inequality … that all inequality measures considered in the literature—i.e., the class of decomposable inequality measures and the class …

assumption that LGD is a mixture of an expansion and a recession distribution, an accurate parametric model for LGD is proposed …

inequality of income and expenditure over that period. The paper calculates Lorenz and Generalised Lorenz curves and also the … examines the composition of changes in inequality of income over the period. …

, a reliable assessment of inequality in living standards, therefore, necessitates the conversion of the original … conversion strategy, and explain our results by means of an inequality decomposition by population subgroups. …

Two conversion schemes are usually employed for assessing personal-income inequality from household equivalent incomes … sensitivity of country inequality rankings to conversion schemes and explain the finding by means of inequality decomposition. A …

Since Aristotle, a vast literature has suggested that economic inequality has important political consequences. Higher … inequality is thought to increase demand for government income redistribution in democracies and to discourage democratization … how high inequality is, how it has been changing, and where they fit in the income distribution. Using a variety of large …

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 …

concentration indices for socioeconomic inequality in health based on the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) is presented … WORDS: Inequality, Health, Social Capital, European Community Household Panel, Ordered probit. JEL CATEGORY: D31, D63, I10 …