As climate change progresses, the risk of adverse impacts on vulnerable populations is
growing. As governments seek increased and drastic action, policymakers are likely to seek …

The Gini coefficient or index is perhaps one of the most used indicators of social and
economic conditions. From its first proposal in English in 1921 to the present, a large …

The paper examines the relationship between the rapid pace of trade and financial
globalization and the rise in income inequality observed in most countries over the past two …

摘要基尼系数是被最广泛应用的社会经济指标之一. 它从CEFC 年在英文的文献中出现到现在,
许多学者写作并发表了大量关于基尼系数的学术文献. 通览这些浩瀚的学术文献无疑是费时的 …

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Using new household survey data for 1995 and 2002, we investigate the size of China's
urban–rural income gap, the gap's contribution to overall inequality in China, and the factors …

This chapter examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional
inequality and poverty. It first outlines three aspects preliminary to any multidimensional …

The fundamental question of political theory, one that precedes all other questions about the
nature of political life, is why there is a state at all. Is human cooperation feasible without a …

This paper identifies three reasons for studying factor shares: to make a link between
incomes at the macroeconomic level (national accounts) and incomes at the level of the …

Why do rising incomes not make people happier? Some argue that it is because we quickly
become accustomed to our new acquisitions. Others would say that it is because relative …