In this paper, it will be shown that polarization not only depends on identification and alienation. There exist … compute it. Consistent with this idea and with the basic principles of polarization of Esteban and Ray (1994), we define a … measure of polarization as the product of three factors: the alienation-identification, the share of power of the groups and …

multiresolution analysis, to the measurement of polarization to Israeli income data over the past decade. This methodology allows us …, in contrast to other polarization measures, to detect sub-populations empirically as incomes concentrated around an … optimal number of micropoles. Based on this procedure a polarization measure is developed, consisting of three components: an …

results in output, consumption and welfare being inefficiently low. The larger is the degree of polarization, the greater is … the inefficiency. Political stability mitigates the effects of polarization by making the incumbent internalize the …

This paper revisits one of the bipolarization indices of the large class of Duclos-Estebane-Ray polarization measures …. The relationship between polarization, inequality and poverty is analyzed via the index. First, polarization measure for … headcount ratio, the income gap ratio and the overabundance gap ratio. In particular, it is shown that polarization is high when …

municipalities. Results suggest that Colombian municipalities have experienced a polarization process between 1993 and 2005, as …

distribution to decline. Changes in the industry composition alone would have led to a polarization of wages for female workers …

This paper aims at proposing measures of polarization for the distribution of a variable when information on the latter … 2008. The ordinal variable refers to the „ability to make ends meet? and polarization is measured between groups defined by … have the highest degree of polarization whereas Cyprus, Ireland and the United Kingdom display the lowest degree. …

Labour-market polarization is characterized by increased employment in occupations at the top but also at the bottom of … polarization trend also in the Nordic labour markets and contrasts it to comparative findings for the USA. Employment growth in the … polarization in employment patterns suggests that the U-shaped pattern of employment change prevails also after controlling for …