inequality, and social welfare at the steady state. The laissez-faire situation is taken as the bench mark. …

This paper analyzes the Mexican long-term changes of income distribution inequality by factors’ decomposition during … information core. Inequality decreased in the 1968-1984 period; increased after 1984. Education is the explanatory characteristic … which explains total inequality the most. …

This paper presents an integration between the normative approach of Dalton-Atkinson-Sen to inequality measurement with … the positive approach related to the statistical dispersion or the generalized entropy family of inequality indexes. Given … weights represents the marginal social value of the individuals in the society, our approach selects a particular inequality …

estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a …

Inequality within advanced countries has returned to levels typical of a century ago. At the global level it remains … extremely high despite the rapid growth of major developing countries such as China, India and Brazil. This makes inequality a … major economic issue, social problem and political challenge in today’s capitalism. However, economic inequality is the …

In this paper we offer an introductory exploration of inequality, considering how political economy has analysed … economic inequality. Its roots in market processes and in the functional distribution of income are investigated, considering … then consider the impact that public policies can have on inequalities through taxation, welfare expenditures, the …

estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a …

implications for our understanding of inequality, poverty, inclusivity of growth and development, world economic welfare, and the … distribution has become more relatively equal due to falling inter-country relative inequality, and that by some measures global … ‘inequality convergence’ with previously more equal countries becoming less equal over time and the obverse. We provide support …

Poverty and income inequality have worsened since the onset of the crisis. While the design of fiscal measures has …

variables over the period 1970 to 2013. For the baseline simulation, the welfare gain for capital owners is 3.7% of per …-period consumption while workers suffer a welfare loss of 1.4%. Using counterfactual simulations, we find that both groups could have …