have not been many attempts at empirical estimation of best‐fit income distribution functions with an objective of … subsequent use in poverty focused models. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap by empirically estimating best‐fit income … distribution functions for different household income groups and computing poverty and inequality indices for Sri Lanka. Design …

household income among (agro‐) pastoralists of southern Ethiopia. This information therefore can contribute to more evidence …‐based decision making occurring across pastoral areas and inform policy decisions regarding the design of income generating … characteristics of respondents. The relationship between the household income and the independent variables were estimated using …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the distributional implications of using full income instead of … disposable income in the analysis of economic inequality. For that purpose the authors employ a very extensive list of noncash … inequality under a comprehensive definition of income. Design/methodology/approach – The study employs the microdata of the 2004 …

Purpose – Individuals earn their income from different sources in an economy. Persons being engaged with different … occupations have different income levels. Welfare level thus varies from person to person. Obviously an indignant feeling arises … out of interpersonal shortages of income which is viewed as relative deprivation of the person to whom shortages are …

system can solve the dual problem of economic growth and income distribution. A synergy of the two systems will therefore be …

A major objective of the Israeli Old Age and Survivors (OAS) programme is focused on: redistribution of income. The … effects on income distribution within one generation and across generations are studied. It was found that the programme is … very effective. It takes more than 4 per cent of the gross income of the more affluent people in the sample and gives more …

Some evidence for the nexus of child care services, labour force participation, fertility, and family income inequality …, but it also results in a more equal family income distribution. Its policy implication is that the provision of child care …

Before the economic reforms, the main problem in the distribution of income in China had been egalitarianism. The … young generation in the distribution of income. The situation is undergoing a change in the economic reforms. China mainly …