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Measuring Income Inequality in Euroland [PDF]
In this paper we propose an aggregate measure of income inequality for the founding countries of the European monetary union. Applying the methodology of the Theil index we are able to derive a measure for Euroland as a whole by exploiting information ...
Beblo, Miriam, Knaus, Thomas
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington +2 more
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Income Inequality: Does Inflation Matter? [PDF]
This paper contributes to the income inequality literature that is based on the traditional Kuznets model. Level of development, state employment, fiscal redistribution, and price stability are found to improve income inequality in a given country.
By Ales BulÌr
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 2023 Australian Voice to Parliament Referendum presented a pivotal moment in the nation's democratic landscape. Despite support for Indigenous well‐being, the referendum did not secure the necessary approval, prompting extensive analysis of its outcome.
Scott Baum, William Mitchell
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The paper explores different applications of the Shapley value for either inequality or poverty measures. We first investigate the problem of source decomposition of inequality measures, the so-called additive income sources inequality games, baed on the
Arthur Charpentier, Stéphane Mussard
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Income Inequality and Marriage [PDF]
This study examines the extent to which changes in household formation exacerbated income inequality in the United States during the last two generations.
Myeong Hwan Kim +2 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn +9 more
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Trends in Income Inequality, Pro-Poor Income Growth and Income Mobility [PDF]
We provide an analytical framework within which changes in income inequality over time are related to the pattern of income growth across the income range, and the reshuffling of individuals in the income pecking order.
Philippe VanKerm, Stephen P. Jenkins
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The Dynamics of Wealth Inequality and the Effect of Income Distribution.
PLoS ONE, 2016 The rapid increase of wealth inequality in the past few decades is one of the most disturbing social and economic issues of our time. Studying its origin and underlying mechanisms is essential for policy aiming to control and even reverse this trend.
Yonatan Berman +2 more
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Decomposable Income Inequality Measures [PDF]
Econometrica, 1979 A decomposable inequality measure is defined as a measure such that the total inequality of a population can be broken down into a weighted average of the inequality existing within subgroups of the population and the inequality existing between them. Thus, decomposable measures differ only by the weights given to the inequality within the subgroups of
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