... rights only Consumption inequality Poverty alleviation Income distribution Marginal effect Gini coefficient C02 D12 I32 Reducing inequality today is the key to improving the economic and social prospects and mobility of the future and the next generation. According to the World...

...Irfan Ahmed; Ali Mohammad Medabesh Purpose This study quantifies empirically the induced impact of income distribution and consumption expenditure on the structures of agriculture production of Nigerian economy. Design/methodology/approach The study calibrates an extended input-output model...

... can be contacted at: Fernando.Bermejo@uclm.es 28 01 2019 23 09 2019 09 02 2020 03 03 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Pensions Income distribution Employment Household consumption Pension...

... entrenched social contract. Political economics Productivity Income distribution Culture Economic philosophy/theory Social evolution There is a growing angst among citizens of the USA that the American Dream is increasingly beyond the reach of the majority (New York Times, 2014...

... Licensed re-use rights only Development Globalization Income distribution Trade Child labour FDI and credit market F16 J21 O15 O16 The purpose of this paper is to investigate the link between globalization, defined as an increase in trade openness and penetration of foreign...

... 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Income distribution Well-being O40 D60 I00 R10 Widening income inequality since the 1970s is a subject of large and growing interest. Much of the current debate over income inequality stems from President Obama’s...

... with rising inequality. Richard Grabowski can be contacted at: ricardo@siu.edu 11 08 2015 09 10 2015 28 10 2015 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Development Income distribution Developing countries...

..., infrastructure, nonfarm job opportunities and targeted programs in the communes. The commune data had been merged with the household data for research purposes of the current study. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Employment Poverty Agricultural economies Income distribution...

... be contacted at: jlara@fira.gob.mx © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Development Distributive justice Income distribution Welfare economics A single “extreme” observation can make an inequality index estimator uninformative, i.e., meaningless. Frequently, survey data are used...

... of the significance of the cultural effect on human preferences which may or may not allow for redistribution and convergence between localities. Dr Annie Tubadji can be contacted at: atubadji@hotmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Employment Culture Income distribution Local...

... Income distribution Environmental economics Sustainable development Welfare economics Forest resources are a key component of the natural resource base of any community and they play a fundamental role in the socio-economic well-being of the people. This is particularly so in Africa where most...

..., the contribution of the between county component to total inequality has shrunk dramatically during the examined period. The overall EU inequality has been affected disproportionally by income disparities at the various parts of the income distribution in different countries. Practical implications...

...Ariel Atzil; Eli Feinerman Purpose – Enabling decision-makers in Israel to better assess the prospects of government policies aimed at changing inter-generation income distribution for the benefit of the retirees. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a comprehensive data set, the paper...

... components was estimated using the appropriate statistical methods and econometric techniques. Tools of income distribution analysis were utilized for assessing the distributional consequences of adopting an extended definition of income. Findings The results indicate that both private and public noncash...

... by their disadvantaged positions in the socio‐economic structure (Hall and McLean, 2009, p. 315). Marcus Marktanner can be contacted at: mmarktan@kennesaw.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Murder Democracy Income distribution Political economics Crime Social economics In his...

...Athula Naranpanawa; Saroja Selvanathan; Jayatilleke Bandara Purpose There has been growing interest in recent years in modelling various poverty‐related issues. However, there have not been many attempts at empirical estimation of best‐fit income distribution functions with an objective...

... income inequality in the case of Fiji. Using Fiji's Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2002‐2003, a comprehensive analysis is used to measure the level of inequality by household income, quintile income distribution, decomposition of inequality by ethnicity and regional groups, and the household...