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Paper presents an overview of calculations of global inequality
This paper presents a comparison of ex-ante measures of inequality of economic opportunity and the Human Opportunity Index
Paper examines the relationships of the Gini coefficient with trade-openness, aid and foreign direct investment flows
Inequality in Mexico rose between 1989 and 1994 and declined between 1994 and 2010.
Equivalisation is the process of adjusting income statistics to account for the fact that households of different compositions will require different incomes to have the same standard of living. This article builds on a method of equivalisation developed by Aaberge,...
Examining how taxes and benefits redistribute between various groups of households in the UK. The study shows where different types of households and individuals are in the income distribution and looks at the changing levels of income inequality over time.
This study assesses the evolution of inequality in Uruguay during 1981-2010
This analysis updates "The effects of taxes and benefits on income inequality, 1980-2009/10" published by ONS in 2011. An in-depth look at the effectiveness of taxes and benefits in reducing household inequality over time is provided.
Analysis of issues with the under-reporting and under-coverage of the income of the UK’s richest individuals. Builds on methods developed by Department for Work and Pensions, using administrative data supplied by HM Revenue and Customs.
This systematic review synthesises the empirical evidence on the impact of government policies on in-country income inequality
This article makes a theoretical and empirical contribution to the literature on financial liberalization and income inequality
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