Inequality and deprivation within and between groups: An illustration of European union countries

Bárcena‐Martín, Elena; Imedio-Olmedo, Luis J.; Martin-Reyes, G.

doi:10.1007/s10888-006-9046-4

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“…Kakwani et al (2019) applied a methodology to identify social groups that suff er greater deprivation relative to the average of the whole society. The research on relative deprivation showed that t he average value of the Kakwani index in a region is equal to the Gini coefficient of that region ( Kakwani, 1984;Bárcena-Martín et al, 2007). Thus, we used the Kakwani index to calculate the relative deprivation experienced by a The natural logarithm of annual household net assets Mortgage Households with mortgage debt = 1; households without mortgage debt = 0 Family size…”

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E‐commerce and Consumption Inequality in China

Jiang,

Zeng,

Shi

2023

China and World Economy

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Consumption inequality may impede economic development and hinder the achievement of common prosperity. Using three waves of the China Family Panel Studies from 2014 to 2018, this paper investigated the impact of e‐commerce on consumption inequality, as measured by the Kakwani index. The results indicate that e‐commerce can reduce household consumption inequality. A mechanism analysis shows that e‐commerce can narrow household income inequality, increase the purchasing power of low‐income households, and promote the consumption of households with limited access to offline markets, thereby reducing the consumption gap. A heterogeneity analysis suggests that the positive role of e‐commerce in reducing consumption inequality can be more significant among vulnerable households, such as households with elderly members and less‐educated households. E‐commerce can have varying impacts on consumption inequality across different subcategories of household expenditure, with the greatest impact seen in entertainment and education expenditure. These findings provide new evidence for the role of e‐commerce in reducing consumption inequality in the digital economy, and the implications of this are discussed.

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