Learn why the Palma Ratio offers a straightforward alternative to the Gini coefficient for measuring economic inequality.

Researchers propose a novel twist on the widely used Gini coefficient -- a workhorse statistical measure for gauging the gap between haves and have-nots. A new way of measuring wealth inequality ...

The wealth gap is noticeable everywhere, and in this article, Insider Monkey brings you the list of 25 most unequal countries with the worst income equality in the world. If you look at the ...

If you feel like the gap between the world's rich and poor is widening, you may be right. Since the 1980s, countries like New Zealand, Israel, and the United States have seen their populations become ...

Early morning magenta light illuminates clouds and the Moulton Barn on Mormon Row at the foot of the Grand Tetons near Jackson, Wyoming. Teton County, home to the affluent and famous Jackson Hole, has ...

A new way of measuring wealth inequality better accounts for the way we experience it. In a paper published in Economics Letters, economists Samuel Bowles of the Santa Fe Institute and Wendy Carlin of ...