Browsing Eksterne publiseringer / International and Nordic Publications by Journals "Review of Income and Wealth"

Now showing items 1-2 of 2

    • Decomposing Global Inequality 

      Modalsli, Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-08-25)
      This paper provides an intuitive additive decomposition of the global income Gini coefficient with respect to differences within and between countries. In 2005, nearly half the total global income inequality is due to ...

    • The sensitivity of income inequality to choice of equivalence scales 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Melby, Ingrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 1998)
      To account for the fact that a household's needs depend on its size and composition most studies on income inequality adjust the observed household incomes by equivalence scales. However, since the rationale for choosing ...