The Journal of Economic Inequality provides a forum for analysis and measurement of economic and social inequalities, using theoretical and empirical approaches. Among the topics considered are: differences within and between countries, and globally; inequalities of outcome and of opportunity, poverty, and mobility; univariate and multivariate approaches; differences between socioeconomic groups; the factor distribution of income; related statistical and data issues, and policy analysis. Officially cited as: J Econ Inequal
The Journal of Economic Inequality
Description
Identifiers
ISSN | 1569-1721 |
e-ISSN | 1573-8701 |
DOI | 10.1007/10888.1573-8701 |
Publisher
Springer US
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Articles
The Journal of Economic Inequality > 2019 > 17 > 4 > 499-520
Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents’ and children’s economic well-being; i.e. low intergenerational mobility. This study is the first to test this relationship in a between-country within-country setup; using harmonized micro data from 18 Latin American countries, spanning multiple cohorts. It is shown that experiencing higher income inequality in childhood...
The Journal of Economic Inequality > 2019 > 17 > 4 > 443-459
This paper focuses on the sensitivity of survey-based estimates of wealth inequality to the quality of the measurement of the upper tail of the distribution. Using data from the 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), it develops a series of illustrative examples to highlight some of the problems in making comparisons of wealth inequality measures when there are specific defects in the measurement...