New Directions in the Analysis of Inequality and Poverty

Stephen Jenkins and John Micklewright (j.micklewright@ucl.ac.uk)

No 2814, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Over the last four decades, academic and wider public interest in inequality and poverty has grown substantially. In this paper we address the question: what have been the major new directions in the analysis of inequality and poverty over the last thirty to forty years? We draw attention to developments under seven headings: changes in the extent of inequality and poverty, changes in the policy environment, increased scrutiny of the concepts of ‘poverty’ and inequality’ and the rise of multidimensional approaches, the use of longitudinal perspectives, an increase in availability of and access to data, developments in analytical methods of measurement, and developments in modelling.

Keywords: inequality; distribution of income; poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2007-05
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Published - published in: Stephen P. Jenkins and John Micklewright (eds.), Inequality and Poverty Re-Examined, Oxford: OUP, 2007

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