Traditional inequality measures fail to capture the geographical distribution of income. The
failure to consider such distribution implies that, holding income constant, different spatial …

Measuring regional inequality: to weight or not to weight? Spatial Economic Analysis. When
estimating regional inequality, many economists use inequality indices weighted by regions' …

The paper introduces a spatial decomposition of the Gini coefficient that supports the
detection of spatial autocorrelation conjointly with an indicator of overall inequality. An …

This paper focuses on the analysis on income inequality in Italy at the municipal level of the
areas defined by the National Strategy for Inner Areas. We discuss an analysis of the …

Spatial inequality measures should take into account the geographical position of the data of
reference if the focus is on the spatial aspects of territorial inequality. However, these …

Traditionally, inequality measurements have been designed only for non-spatial
applications, despite the argument that inequality is manifested in social space (and may be …

This paper reviews the theory and application of the decomposition methods commonly
used to measure the impact of spatial location on income inequality. It establishes some new …

Understanding the spatial or geographical dependence of income inequality and regional
inequality is crucial in the study of inequality. This paper employs a multi-scale, multi …

Many publications on inter-regional inequality use weighting by region's share in the
national population in estimating an inequality index. This paper demonstrates that, first …

This paper offers the bi-dimensional decomposition of regional inequality by regional groups
and income components based on the population weighted coefficient of variation. The …