Journal of Economic Inequality

The Journal of Economic Inequality provides a forum for analysis and measurement of economic and social inequalities, using theoretical and empirical approaches. Among the topics considered are: differences within and between countries, and globally; inequalities of outcome and of opportunity, poverty, and mobility; univariate and multivariate approaches; differences between socioeconomic groups; the factor distribution of income; related statistical and data issues, and policy analysis. The Journal of Economic Inequality provides a forum for analysis of "economic inequality", broadly defined. Its scope includes: · Theoretical and empirical analysis · Monetary measures of 'well-being' such as earnings, income, consumption, and wealth; non-monetary measures such as educational achievement and health and health care; multidimensional measures · Inequality and poverty within and between countries, and globally, and their trends over time · Inequalities of opportunity · Income mobility and poverty persistence · The factor distribution of income · Differences in 'well-being' between socioeconomic groups, for example between men and women, generations, or ethnic groups · The effects of inequality on macroeconomic and other phenomena, and vice versa · Related statistical methods and data issues · Related policy analysis.