Search Results - "Journal of economic inequality"

Which workers bear the burden of social distancing? by Mongey, Simon, Pilossoph, Laura, Weinberg, Alexander

“…Using data from O ∗ NET, we construct two measures of an occupation’s potential exposure to social distancing measures: (i) the ability to conduct that job…”
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World income inequality databases: an assessment of WIID and SWIID by Jenkins, Stephen P.

“…This article assesses two secondary data compilations about income inequality – the World Income Inequality Database (WIIDv2c), and the Standardized World…”
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A global count of the extreme poor in 2012: data issues, methodology and initial results by Ferreira, Francisco H. G., Chen, Shaohua, Dabalen, Andrew, Dikhanov, Yuri, Hamadeh, Nada, Jolliffe, Dean, Narayan, Ambar, Prydz, Espen Beer, Revenga, Ana, Sangraula, Prem, Serajuddin, Umar, Yoshida, Nobuo

“…The 2014 release of a new set of purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factors (PPPs) for 2011 has prompted a revision of the World Bank’s international…”
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From Soviets to oligarchs: inequality and property in Russia 1905-2016 by Novokmet, Filip, Piketty, Thomas, Zucman, Gabriel

“…This paper combines national accounts, survey, wealth and fiscal data (including recently released tax data on high-income taxpayers) in order to provide…”
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How much does reducing inequality matter for global poverty? by Lakner, Christoph, Mahler, Daniel Gerszon, Negre, Mario, Prydz, Espen Beer

“…The goals of ending extreme poverty by 2030 and working towards a more equal distribution of incomes are part of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development…”
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The impact of COVID-19 on households´ income in the EU by Almeida, Vanda, Barrios, Salvador, Christl, Michael, De Poli, Silvia, Tumino, Alberto, van der Wielen, Wouter

“…This analysis makes use of economic forecasts for 2020 issued by the European Commission in Autumn 2019 and Spring 2020, and of a counterfactual under a…”
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The fall in income inequality during COVID-19 in four European countries by Clark, Andrew E., D’Ambrosio, Conchita, Lepinteur, Anthony

“…We here use panel data from the COME-HERE survey to track income inequality during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Relative inequality in…”
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Decomposition procedures for distributional analysis: a unified framework based on the Shapley value by Shorrocks, Anthony F.

“…Decomposition techniques are used in many fields of economics to help disentangle and quantify the impact of various causal factors. Their use is particularly…”
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Tax progressivity and top incomes evidence from tax reforms by Rubolino, Enrico, Waldenström, Daniel

“…We study the link between tax progressivity and top income shares. Using variation from Western tax reforms in the 1980s and 1990s and synthetic control method…”
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Did the UK policy response to Covid-19 protect household incomes? by Brewer, Mike, Tasseva, Iva Valentinova

“…We analyse the UK policy response to Covid-19 and its impact on household incomes in the UK in April and May 2020, using microsimulation methods. We estimate…”
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Understandings and misunderstandings of multidimensional poverty measurement by Alkire, Sabina, Foster, James

“…Multidimensional measures provide an alternative lens through which poverty may be viewed and understood. In recent work we have attempted to offer a practical…”
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Estimating international poverty lines from comparable national thresholds by Jolliffe, Dean, Prydz, Espen Beer

“…The World Bank’s international poverty line (IPL) of $1.90/day at 2011 PPPs is based on a collection of national poverty lines provided in Ravallion et al…”
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Will COVID-19 Have Long-Lasting Effects on Inequality? Evidence from Past Pandemics by Furceri, Davide, Loungani, Prakash, Ostry, Jonathan D., Pizzuto, Pietro

“…This paper provides evidence on the impact of major epidemics from the past two decades on income distribution. The pandemics in our sample, even though much…”
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The heterogeneous effects of COVID-19 on labor market flows: evidence from administrative data by Casarico, Alessandra, Lattanzio, Salvatore

“…We investigate the short-term effects of COVID-19 on labor market flows and how they are mediated by labor market policy. Using Italian administrative data on…”
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The origins of the Gini index: extracts from Variabilità e Mutabilità (1912) by Corrado Gini by Ceriani, Lidia, Verme, Paolo

“…The scope of this paper is to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Gini index by providing the original formulae. Corrado Gini introduced his index for the…”
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COVID-19 and income inequality: evidence from monthly population registers by Angelov, Nikolay, Waldenström, Daniel

“…We measure the distributional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic using newly released population register data in Sweden. Monthly earnings inequality increased…”
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The K-Shaped Recovery: Examining the Diverging Fortunes of Workers in the Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Business and Household Survey Microdata by Dalton, Michael, Groen, Jeffrey A., Loewenstein, Mark A., Piccone, David S., Polivka, Anne E.

“…This paper examines employment patterns by wage group over the course of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States using microdata from two well-known data…”
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The weight of the rich: improving surveys using tax data by Blanchet, Thomas, Flores, Ignacio, Morgan, Marc

“…Household surveys often fail to capture the top tail of income and wealth distributions, as evidenced by studies based on tax data. Yet to date there is no…”
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On multidimensional indices of poverty by Ravallion, Martin

“…The contribution of recent “multidimensional indices of poverty” may not be as obvious as one thinks. There are two issues in assessing that contribution:…”
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School Segregation Across the World: Has Any Progress Been Made in Reducing the Separation of the Rich from the Poor? by Gutiérrez, Gabriel, Jerrim, John, Torres, Rodrigo

“…The segregation of secondary school students into different schools has important implications for educational inequality, social cohesion and…”
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