Traditional inequality measures fail to capture the geographical distribution of income. The failure to consider such distribution implies that, holding income constant, different spatial patterns ...
IS South Africa the world’s most unequal country? No. The numbers are lying to you. The Gini Coefficient, the flawed metric behind this damaging myth, ignores billions in black wealth, millions of ...
The wealth gap is noticeable everywhere, and in this article, Insider Monkey brings you the list of 25 most unequal countries with the worst income equality in the world. If you look at the ...
According to the World Inequality Report 2022, the global inequalities in income among the richest 10% and bottom 50% population have increased over the last two decades, while global inequalities ...
Blesch, Kristin, Oliver P. Hauser, and Jon M. Jachimowicz. "Measuring Inequality beyond the Gini Coefficient May Clarify Conflicting Findings." Nature Human Behaviour 6, no. 11 (November 2022): ...
ECONOMISTS, trying hard to dispel a stubborn reputation as a gloomy bunch, have become fascinated with the relationships between wealth, inequality and happiness. There is evidence, at both an ...
People who tuned in to the Eurovision finals this weekend may have noticed an odd trend. The often dance-friendly song contest was packed with ballads this year. Things felt a little subdued, despite ...
Revue de l'Institut International de Statistique / Review of the International Statistical Institute, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Oct., 1936), pp. 355-366 (12 pages) Referring to a recent article in this Review ...
According to a new Gallup poll, almost 60% of Americans believe that money and wealth is currently not fairly distributed amongst the U.S. population, while a third consider the current distribution ...