Top Expenditure Distribution in Arab Countries and the Inequality Puzzle
Working Paper 2020-549 Abstract This study was motivated by reports of a mismatch between inequality experienced on the streets across
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Combining absolute and relative poverty
Working Paper 2020-548 Abstract I study income poverty indices in a framework considering two poverty lines: one absolute line capturing
Read MoreParametric Representation of the Top of Income Distributions
Working Paper 2020-547 Abstract Approximating the top of income distributions with smooth parametric forms is valuable for descriptive purposes, as
Read MoreIncome Poverty has been Halved in the Developing World, even when Accounting for Relative Poverty
Working Paper 2020-546 Abstract The first Millennium Development Goal was to halve extreme absolute poverty over the period 1990-2015. This
Read MoreAre there inequality spillovers? Evidence through a modified inequality measure and European dynamics of inequality
Working Paper 2020-545 Abstract This paper’s distinctive feature is a shift towards a novel definition of a measure of income
Read MoreCall for papers, Research on Economic Inequality – volume 29
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Read MoreTwo Research Assistants – Cattolica University, Milan
Two Research Assistants Cattolica University, Milan Cattolica University (Milan) is looking for two research assistants (1 part-time and 1 full-time)
Read MoreCall for papers: Special Issue JOEI
Call for papers: Special Issue of the Journal of Economic Inequality “COVID-19: A Great Equalizer? Pandemics and Economic Inequality” The Journal
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Call for research proposals: PREVENTING SOCIAL CONFLICT AND PROMOTING SOCIAL COHESION IN FORCED DISPLACEMENT CONTEXTS DIFD – World Bank –
Read MoreWhat accounts for the rising share of women in the top 1%?
Working Paper 2020-544 Abstract The share of women in the top 1% of the UK’s income distribution has been growing
Read MoreSpatial divisions of poverty and wealth
Working Paper 2020-543 Abstract We explore how different spatial compositions affect the educational achievement in mathematics of 16 year-old students
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