Income inequality can be measured at different levels of aggregation such as global, continental, international and national levels. Here we consider income inequality at the national level but the focus is on the within country regional inequality. Regional inequality in income distribution in...

This paper is a review of the recent advances in the measurement of inequality. Inequality can have several dimensions. Economists are mostly concerned with the income and consumption dimensions of inequality. Several inequality indices including the most widely used index of inequality namely...

The increasing use of demand-side management, as a tool to reliably meet electricity demands at peak time, has stimulated interest among researchers, consumers and producer organiza-tions, managers, regulators and policymakers. This research reviews the growing literature on models which are...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the correlation between childhood poverty and its influence on adulthood wage distribution, where childhood poverty refers to the experience of poverty or poor family background during one’s childhood. Design/methodology/approach – With...

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Editor and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction and Summary of Poverty and Well-Being in East Africa: A Multifaceted Economic Approach -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Summary of Individual Studies -- 2.1 Part I. Child Poverty and...