Working Paper

We analyse the evolution and proximate determinants of labour income inequality in Mexico between 1989 and 2017. Labour income inequality increased between 1989 and 1994 and declined between 1994 and 2006. What happened after 2006 is subject to...

• Inequality
• Labour income
• Post-survey reweighting

Working Paper

Household budget surveys in sub-Saharan Africa are designed to facilitate poverty measurement and may fail to fully capture consumption in wealthy households. As a result, inequality is likely underestimated. We address upper tier consumption...

• Consumption underreporting
• Household survey
• Inequality

Policy Brief

Since 1989, inequality in Mexico has risen, declined, and risen again. The evolution of labour income inequality is at the core of this pattern. To reverse the current trend of rising inequality, access to secondary and tertiary education should...

• Labour income
• Inequality
• Top incomes

Policy Brief

Following the introduction of economic reforms in the early 1990s, India today is achieving unprecedented per capita growth rates. Poverty reduction has also accelerated and is justly celebrated. There is great concern, however, that this growth is...

• Inequality
• Decomposition
• Welfare dynamics

Journal Special Issue

• Inequality
• child malnutrition
• Women's empowerment

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Inequalities in the least developed countries

• Inequality
• Mozambique
• Decomposition

Working Paper

This paper provides a broad picture of national, regional and global trends of inequality in length of life over the period 1950–2015. We use data on life tables from World Population Prospects to develop a comprehensive database of a battery of...

• Inequality
• Lifespan
• Mortality rates

Working Paper

This paper uses income and expenditure surveys from 1992 to 2014 and public tax and spending accounts to estimate the redistributive impact of Mexico’s fiscal system over this period. It presents standard and marginal benefit incidence analysis for...

• Fiscal incidence
• Taxation
• Social spending

Journal Special Issue

Many low- and middle-income countries are achieving good rates of economic growth, while high inequality remains a priority concern. Some countries meanwhile have low growth, high inequality, and pervasive poverty—often linked to their fragility...

• Inequality
• Economic growth
• Poverty

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Inequality

• Developing countries
• Inequality
• Poverty

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Inequality

• Global interpersonal inequality
• Inequality
• Inequality measurement

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Inequality

• Wealth
• Assets
• Debt

Working Paper

How do changes in socio-economic inequality between ethnic groups affect interethnic ties in a divided society? I analyse the evolution of cross-ethnic marriages in a society affected by violence along ethnic boundaries and make three principal...

• Inequality
• Ethnicity
• Violent conflict

Working Paper

We study the trajectory of the gender gap over time and over the life cycle, using a matched employer-employee data from the formal labour market in Brazil. We document the evolution of participation and earnings for both males and females during the...

• Earnings inequality
• Linked employer-employee data
• Education

Working Paper

This paper documents the evolution and the determinants of earnings inequality in the Brazilian formal sector from 1994 to 2015, using establishment level data. In 2015, schooling explained 33 per cent of overall inequality. Firm-specific effects...

• Earnings inequality
• Linked employer-employee data
• Inequality

Working Paper

Reducing gender inequality is a critically important development challenge, especially in countries with widespread and deep-rooted prejudices against women. In this study, we use a randomized control trial to examine whether facilitating Vietnamese...

• Gender
• Inequality
• Male perception