The issue of polarization, as opposed to inequality, has been little explored in European
countries. In this paper, using data provided by the Luxembourg Income Studies Database …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to discuss reading habits in relation to printed books
and eBooks. Design/methodology/approach–The study was structured in two steps: first, an …

Income polarisation is normally measured using household survey data, but such data often
provide insufficient coverage of top incomes. This paper combines data from the Chinese …

Ever since the late 1990s, personal income inequality has shown a steady decrease in
Brazil. Most of the investigations dealing with this issue rely essentially on summary …

This paper delves into the dynamics of wealth distribution across various countries, utilizing
innovative methodologies to uncover patterns of wealth polarization and its determinants …

Since the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, Russia is generally acknowledged to be one of
the most complicated countries in the world, from a sociological perspective. In particular …

In this paper, we use two different methods to compare changes in income polarization
across different population groups (by gender, occupational status, education, age …

This paper investigates the effect of absolute deprivation (proxy unemployment) and relative
deprivation (proxy income inequality) on homicide levels in Brazil. A database from the …

As principais medidas de polarização em uso são criticamente avaliadas. Posteriormente,
medidas de polarização baseadas no índice de Gini ou no índice T de Theil, considerando …

The aim of this paper is to estimate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wage
polarization in Italy, combining individual characteristics with their task content in terms of …