The Alkire and Foster (2011) methodology, as the mainstream approach to the measurement of multi-dimensional poverty in … inequality sensitive view of multi-dimensional poverty when only ordinal (dichotomized) variables are available. We use such an …, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, shedding thus some light on gender differences in poverty and inequality in those …

in Colombia. We use multidimensional propoor growth measurement techniques and create indices for assets, health …

presence of inequality, however, it deviates or refracts from the ideal condition. In this paper, I try to measure economic … inequality from the index of refraction. First, I compute such an index for each stratum to evaluate condition in each and then … add all to propose an overall measure of economic inequality, which appears to be a standardised measure of the length of …

distributions and an empirical application with the estimation of personal income inequality in Luxembourg Income Study Database …

Economists use various metrics for measuring income inequality. Here, the most commonly used measures-the Lorenz curve … dimensions of economic inequality is a key first step toward choosing the right policies to address it. …

avoid this, the present paper discusses a complementary indicator for the measurement of inequality: the ratio of the income … changes at the extremes of the distribution might obscure inequality's actual dimension, and thereby help perpetuate it. To …