Category Archives: Income Inequality

Challenge,May-June 2012

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Librarian

UNEMPLOYMENT/ENEQUALITY HOW WE UNDERESTIMATE LONG – TERM UNEMPLOYMENT BY John Schmitt and Janelle Jones WE STILL DON’T REALLY ADDRESS INEQUALITY BY Robert Wade INCOME INEQUALITY AND DECLINING CIVIC PARTICIPATION BY Oren Levin – Waldman SYSTEM STRESSES WHY THE CURRENT CRISIS … Continue reading →

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Inflation and Income Inequality: Is Food Inflation Different?

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Gopakumar

by James P Walsh and Jiyangyan Yu IMF WP/12/147, June 2012 There is an extensive literature noting that high inflation can add to income inequality, and a parallel literature assessing the effect of rising food prices on the poor. This … Continue reading →

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Review of Income and Wealth , Volume 58, Issue 2 , June 2012

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Librarian

ORIGINAL ARTICLES TRENDS IN AMERICAN LIVING STANDARDS AND INEQUALITY, 1959–2007 (pages 197–232) EDWARD N. WOLFF, AJIT ZACHARIAS and THOMAS MASTERSON ASSESSING THE WELFARE IMPACT OF TAX REFORM: A CASE STUDY OF THE 2001 U.S. TAX CUT (pages 233–256) JULIE L. … Continue reading →

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The Impact of Publicly Provided Services on the Distribution of Resources: Review of new results and methods

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Anitha

Gerlinde Verbist, Michael Förster, Maria Vaalavuo OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 130 This paper looks at how the income distribution in countries changes when the value of publicly-provided services to households is included. We  consider five major … Continue reading →

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Capital Income and Income Inequality: Evidence from Urban China

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Gopakumar

by Chi, Wei, October 2011 Using urban household survey data collected by National Bureau of Statistics of China from 1988-2009, this study examines the distribution, composition, and changes of capital income and its contribution to income inequality. The data shows … Continue reading →

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Redistribution Policy and Inequality Reduction in OECD Countries: What has changed in two decades

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Anitha

Herwig Immervoll, Linda Richardson OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 122 We use a range of data sources to assess if, and to what extent, government redistribution policies haveslowed or accelerated the trend towards greater income disparities in … Continue reading →

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Estimating Urban and Rural Incomes in Gujarat 1993-94 to 2004-05

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Gopakumar

by Ravindra H. Dholakia and Manish B. Pandya IIMA WP No.2011-09-02 Income originating within geographical boundaries of urban and rural areas of Gujarat is estimated for three benchmark years – 1993-94, 1999-00 and 2004-05 – at current prices following the … Continue reading →

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Finance and Income Inequality: What Do the Data Tell Us?

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Sriram

George R. G. Clarke, Lixin Colin Xu and Heng-fu Zou Sourthern Economic Journal 2006, 72(3), 578-596 Although there are distinct conjectures about the relationship between finance and income inequality, little empirical research compares their explanatory power. We examine the relationship between finance … Continue reading →

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Global Inequality: Beyond the Bottom Billion:A Rapid Review of Income Distribution in 141 Countries

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Anitha

Isabel Ortiz and Matthew Cummins UNICEF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY WORKING PAPER APRIL 2011 This working paper: (i) provides an overview of global, regional and national income inequalities based on the latest distribution data from the World Bank, UNU-WIDER and … Continue reading →

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