Income Inequality Measures
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Les inégalités de revenus sont en hausse dans la plupart des pays développés, un phénomène en partie causé par la croissance plus rapide des revenus des mieux nantis, plus particulièrement le 1 % le plus riche. Le Québec a la réputation... more
In the current paper, we report the analysis of the relationship between meritocracy belief and subjective well-being using two large international databases, the European Social Survey Program (N = 44,387) and the European Values Study... more
This note introduces original technical results in the theoretical measurement of inequality by specifying the relationships between additive separability and homotheticity (of measures of welfare closely related to measures of... more
Revue de littérature sur le 1% le plus riche dans les pays développés.
This study contributes to the literature on inflation dynamics by examining whether internal or external factors drive inflationary pressure in Nigeria. Using the annual time series data from 1981 to 2017 and applying Johansen... more
The success and failure of any democratic government is gauged in terms of how effectively it has fulfi lled its constitutional obligation of enhancing social and economic well-being, particularly the common man. While developed economies... more
Recent literature on income distribution in Mexico has found evidence of underestimation in inequality. There is a growing consensus that household surveys in Mexico do not capture total household income, but there is no consensus on a... more
Since the publication of the Malthusian population principle, the overall impact of population change on economic growth has provoked huge debates that have challenged pessimistic and optimistic postulations. Pessimists’ research posits... more
Against the backdrop of recent global events which have highlighted the political salience of rising income inequality and corruption, this paper has sought to reexamine the relationship between income inequality and corruption by... more