Inequality in researchers' minds: Four guiding questions for studying subjective perceptions of economic inequality

JM Jachimowicz, S Davidai… - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Subjective perceptions of inequality can substantially influence policy attitudes, public health
metrics, and societal well‐being, but the lack of consensus in the scientific community on …

Measuring inequality beyond the Gini coefficient may clarify conflicting findings

K Blesch, OP Hauser, JM Jachimowicz - Nature human behaviour, 2022 - nature.com
Prior research has found mixed results on how economic inequality is related to various
outcomes. These contradicting findings may in part stem from a predominant focus on the …

The impact of input and output farm subsidies on farmer welfare, income disparity, and consumer surplus

CS Tang, Y Wang, M Zhao - Management Science, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
Because of a growing population and shrinking arable land, the world is facing a global food
crisis. One important solution could be to subsidize farmers to sustain their production so …

Advances in quasi-symmetry for square contingency tables

K Tahata - Symmetry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Contingency tables highlight relationships between categorical variables. Typically, the
symmetry or marginal homogeneity of a square contingency table is evaluated. The original …

Demographic turnover can be a leading driver of hierarchy dynamics, and social inheritance modifies its effects

ED Strauss - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Individuals and societies are linked through a feedback loop of mutual influence.
Demographic turnover shapes group composition and structure by adding and removing …

Is the Gini index of inequality overly sensitive to changes in the middle of the income distribution?

JL Gastwirth - Statistics and Public Policy, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The Gini index is the most commonly used measure of income inequality. Like any single
summary measure of a set of data, it cannot capture all aspects that are of interest to …

Inequality and convergence in energy intensity in the European Union

M Mussini - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Disparities in energy intensity across the European Union member countries are large,
especially after the enlargement that took place in 2004 when Central and Eastern …

The effects of household medical expenditures on income inequality in the United States

AS Christopher, DU Himmelstein… - … Journal of Public …, 2018 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To assess the effect of households' outlays for medical expenditures on income
inequality and changes since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Methods …

Individualism and egalitarianism can kill: how cultural values predict coronavirus deaths across the globe

CD Güss, MT Tuason - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
While in some countries, many people have died due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), in
other countries, only a few have died. Based on the cultural values theory, our first …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing nature-based solutions by combining social equity, hydro-environmental performance, and economic costs through a novel Gini coefficient

CV Castro - Journal of Hydrology X, 2022 - Elsevier
A robust multi-functional framework for widespread planning of nature-based solutions
(NBS) must incorporate components of social equity and hydro-environmental performance …