This study investigates the relationship between conspicuous consumption and inequality in the United States by doing text mining in Google searches for luxury and comfort goods. The findings reveal a strong correlation between the pursuit of luxury items and levels of income inequality in...

This study investigates the response disparity of five regional European currencies amidst the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict and examines the profound impact of this conflict on the value of five prominent European Union currencies - the Polish Zloty, the Hungarian Forint, the Czech Koruna,...

Using the Big Mac Index, we offer a simple approach to study the real income inequality. We provide a multidimensional real income inequality analysis by exploring the Coefficient of Variation and the Big Mac Affordability of households across all income deciles of 28 countries for years 2000 to...

Using the Big Mac Index and focusing on the deciles of the income distribution, we produce a descriptive study of real income inequality from households in 29 countries and for period 2000 to 2013. Using daily Big Mac Affordability (BMA), we rank and show differences in the living standards and...

Using the Big Mac Index, we offer a simple measure to study the real income inequali-ty. We provide a multidimensional real income inequality analysis by exploring the Coefficient of Variation and the Big Mac Affordability of households across all in-come deciles of 28 countries for years 2000...

Using the Big Mac Index, we offer a simple approach to study the real income inequality. We provide a multidimensional real income inequality analysis by exploring the Coefficient of Variation and the Big Mac Affordability of households across all income deciles of 28 countries for years 2000 to...

Using the Big Mac Index and focusing on the deciles of the income distribution, we produce a descriptive study of real income inequality from households in 29 countries and for period 2000 to 2013. Using daily Big Mac Affordability (BMA), we rank and show differences in the living standards and...

In this paper, we revisit the gender wage inequality in the United States with a focus on the deciles level wage-distribution in the USA during 1986 to 2016. We find that with the inclusion of part time employed men and women, the overall ratio of women's to men's wages in 1986 was 53 percent...